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  • stripperguy
    Hangin' by a thread
    • Sep 2006
    • 3972

    #1

    New Guidebook available

    Well, it's new to me!!
    Take a look, some of you will enjoy this Descriptive guide to the Adirondacks...
    http://books.google.com/books?id=X9-...he+adirondacks
    I have committed most of this journal to memory and will soon be travelling the routes described. (I wish)
  • coolrobc
    Member
    • Jan 2006
    • 321

    #2
    That's AWESOME!
    -Rob

    There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot. - Steven Wright

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    • Crash
      • Jul 2006
      • 186

      #3
      Really cool - I've been reading this for hours.

      Here's an interesting passage on page 221 (I presume Wallace is refering to Paradox Bay on Lake Placid - as shown on the Paddler's Map):

      "Paradox Pond connects with Lake Placid at its southern extremity by a narrow straight, its only inlet or outlet. A curious phenomenon gives this sheet its name. A swift current of water flows from the lake into the pond for a space of 3 or 4 minutes, and after an interval of about 7 minutes the current is reversed - the water discharging into the lake again. This mysterious action is of perpetual occurrence."

      Has anybody ever heard of this? I can't believe this actually happens.

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      • Adk Keith
        Telemarker
        • Apr 2004
        • 808

        #4
        Originally posted by Crash
        Really cool - I've been reading this for hours.

        Here's an interesting passage on page 221 (I presume Wallace is refering to Paradox Bay on Lake Placid - as shown on the Paddler's Map):

        "Paradox Pond connects with Lake Placid at its southern extremity by a narrow straight, its only inlet or outlet. A curious phenomenon gives this sheet its name. A swift current of water flows from the lake into the pond for a space of 3 or 4 minutes, and after an interval of about 7 minutes the current is reversed - the water discharging into the lake again. This mysterious action is of perpetual occurrence."

        Has anybody ever heard of this? I can't believe this actually happens.
        Could be seiche. Don't know about Lake Placid, but it is pretty well documented in Lake George.
        'I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.' - Henry David Thoreau

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        • reindeergirl
          Member
          • Sep 2007
          • 48

          #5
          Originally posted by stripperguy
          Well, it's new to me!!
          Take a look, some of you will enjoy this Descriptive guide to the Adirondacks...
          http://books.google.com/books?id=X9-...he+adirondacks
          I have committed most of this journal to memory and will soon be travelling the routes described. (I wish)
          Oh, that's swell - thank you for posting it.

          Do you have this? Did you get the first edition?

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          • stripperguy
            Hangin' by a thread
            • Sep 2006
            • 3972

            #6
            reindeergirl,
            Don't I wish!! No, I happened upon this book while researching an upcoming canoe trip...I really enjoy the descriptions and alternate names for the places we visit even now.
            Only a few weeks ago I was buying some stuff from Bissel's, in Newcomb. Then I read in this 120-130 year old book a reference to Bissel Mill...imagine that, same family and general locale for that many years, pretty cool...

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            • reindeergirl
              Member
              • Sep 2007
              • 48

              #7
              Originally posted by stripperguy
              reindeergirl,
              Don't I wish!! No, I happened upon this book while researching an upcoming canoe trip...I really enjoy the descriptions and alternate names for the places we visit even now.
              Only a few weeks ago I was buying some stuff from Bissel's, in Newcomb. Then I read in this 120-130 year old book a reference to Bissel Mill...imagine that, same family and general locale for that many years, pretty cool...
              Yes, that is very cool, stripperguy. Yesterday I was lost on a salt marsh on Cape Cod (which is pretty hard to do, get lost on a salt marsh there, since there's always some structure in sight), and then came on a book in a used bookshop, on the old saltworks. That was after finding my way off the marsh. I'm a hopeless case.

              I love those stories about the old families. A special book you cited, indeed.

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              • randomscooter
                Native Earthling
                • Jul 2005
                • 1500

                #8
                Originally posted by Crash
                Really cool - I've been reading this for hours.

                Here's an interesting passage on page 221 (I presume Wallace is refering to Paradox Bay on Lake Placid - as shown on the Paddler's Map):

                "Paradox Pond connects with Lake Placid at its southern extremity by a narrow straight, its only inlet or outlet. A curious phenomenon gives this sheet its name. A swift current of water flows from the lake into the pond for a space of 3 or 4 minutes, and after an interval of about 7 minutes the current is reversed - the water discharging into the lake again. This mysterious action is of perpetual occurrence."

                Has anybody ever heard of this? I can't believe this actually happens.
                I believe Paradox lake (south of Schroon lake) is named for a similar phenomenon. It's outlet flows into the Schroon River with little elevation loss. When the Schroon River is high the flow of the lake's outlet reverses, becoming an inlet. I've never seen it, but looking at the topo it seems believable.
                Scooting here and there
                Through the woods and up the peaks
                Random Scoots awaits (D.P.)


                "Pushing the limits of easy."™

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                • Adk Keith
                  Telemarker
                  • Apr 2004
                  • 808

                  #9
                  Originally posted by randomscooter
                  I believe Paradox lake (south of Schroon lake) is named for a similar phenomenon. It's outlet flows into the Schroon River with little elevation loss. When the Schroon River is high the flow of the lake's outlet reverses, becoming an inlet. I've never seen it, but looking at the topo it seems believable.

                  Paradox Lake is actually north of Schroon, but yup, the outlet becomes an inlet every spring.
                  'I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.' - Henry David Thoreau

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