OK Campers:
Here's another in a series of strange requests. What degree slope are you comfortable traveling on? That is, what slope would you just walk/clamber on without too much thought? At what slope angle do you start getting a little more amped up, but still climb (still 3rd class). And about where does it become 4th/5th class? The last is probably more rock type dependent, but still looking for a slope degree.
What I'm trying to do is create a map layer that reflects terrain that has a high probability of being traveled on over a decade+ time span and slopes that have a lower probability.
This came up in the search for a couple of aircraft that have not been found in about 50 years. I have a semi-coherent theory that in, say, Sequoia Kings, someone has traveled on almost all of the terrain over that time. Certainly almost all easy terrain has been traveled on: flat meadows up to ?? degree slopes. Probably fewer on steeper terrain and then none on almost vertical places. This might be then used to draw high probability areas to search -- the areas that may not have seen much or any use.
I'm thinking of using just 3 slope classes to divide this up.
As a side note, the two aircraft are a T-33 jet that went down in 1957. The canopy was found on Langille/LeConte in 1977 but the aircraft has never been found. The other is a single engine plane that was last known over Merced in the 60s sometime, heading east. That was never found.
So, with huge search areas like that, how do you begin to narrow the probable area to search?
Thought & comments welcome!
g.
