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From inauspicious beginnings to the perfect day

You will understand the title if you have had a look at my 2 previous uploads taken earlier on the same day.

 

This was my destination, Schiehallion, one of the most recognisable of Scotland's mountains because of its pyramidal shape when seen from Kinloch Rannoch. www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https://www.scottishgeolo...

Its shape led to it being chosen in the late 18th century for a mad and very difficult experiment to determine the weight of the earth. Interesting but not very useful for most of us!

However, the experiment led to something extremely valuable to hill-walkers ever since: contour lines. These were the result of one of the mathematicians, Charles Hutton who linked all the readings taken at a particular height (or contour) to enable the weight calculation to be made. So it became possible to see at a glance if the ground was steep and potentially dangerous/impassable (contour lines all crammed together), or not. Thank you, Mr. Hutton.

 

nb the top isn't yet in sight, it would take me another 45 mins from here.

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Uploaded on November 28, 2020
Taken on October 14, 2020