I have viewed your climbing website many times, and all your county highpoint pages. I mention it in conversations with other hiker-types, as well as people interested in geography and topography. Pretty amazing stuff! It is cool to have another South Dakota page up. I personally think you would do this site a service to put up Walsh Mountain in Oklahoma, because it seems pretty interesting, and it is actually outside the Witchita Mountains, and Black Mesa. I never knew there were mountains out there!
I appreciate the kind words! My wife of just about a year has really lit a fire under my butt about better photography, so we've invested in the equipment and my pages are slowly showing the benefits of the new fangled pix. I was kind of surprised that SD had just one peak listed on summitpost. There are tons of great little hikes in the Black Hills and even down in Nebraska... Hmmm... look for some Nebraska sites, soon.
I see now Sylvan Peak is Peak 7000 on topo maps. However, your topo coordinates are slightly off. Sylvan Peak is actually 1/3 mile to the northeast. The accurate coordinates are: 43.8438027°N, 103.586483°W
hgrapid - Jun 17, 2004 5:04 pm - Voted 10/10
Untitled CommentI have viewed your climbing website many times, and all your county highpoint pages. I mention it in conversations with other hiker-types, as well as people interested in geography and topography. Pretty amazing stuff! It is cool to have another South Dakota page up. I personally think you would do this site a service to put up Walsh Mountain in Oklahoma, because it seems pretty interesting, and it is actually outside the Witchita Mountains, and Black Mesa. I never knew there were mountains out there!
Keep it up - I really am a fan of your work.
surgent - Jun 17, 2004 8:01 pm - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentI appreciate the kind words! My wife of just about a year has really lit a fire under my butt about better photography, so we've invested in the equipment and my pages are slowly showing the benefits of the new fangled pix. I was kind of surprised that SD had just one peak listed on summitpost. There are tons of great little hikes in the Black Hills and even down in Nebraska... Hmmm... look for some Nebraska sites, soon.
William Marler - Jun 18, 2004 9:13 am - Voted 10/10
Untitled CommentGood basic info.
hgrapid - Jun 5, 2009 11:33 pm - Voted 10/10
Topo coordinates slightly offI see now Sylvan Peak is Peak 7000 on topo maps. However, your topo coordinates are slightly off. Sylvan Peak is actually 1/3 mile to the northeast. The accurate coordinates are: 43.8438027°N, 103.586483°W
Jeremy Hakes - Jun 3, 2010 11:39 pm - Voted 10/10
Re: Topo coordinates slightly offI second this. A tiny move over would nicely fix that oversight.
surgent - Jun 4, 2010 11:31 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Topo coordinates slightly offFixed. I had rounded the coordinates a little too roughly originally. It should zero right in on the summit now.