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Iceaxe
10-19-2006, 06:47 PM
Someone sent me the following riddle.... can anyone here answer it? I can't.

A roughly 5-mile run at the bottom of a chasm gets it roughly one mile closer to standing still. About how high up would you have to meander to catch the sunrise?

:ne_nau:
tanya
10-19-2006, 07:30 PM
Someone sent me the following riddle.... can anyone here answer it? I can't.

A roughly 5-mile run at the bottom of a chasm gets it roughly one mile closer to standing still. About how high up would you have to meander to catch the sunrise?

:ne_nau:

The shortcut is a lot easier: second star to the right, then straight on.
Sombeech
10-19-2006, 07:31 PM
The shortcut is a lot easier: second star to the right, then straight on.
Neverland?
Iceaxe
10-19-2006, 08:22 PM
It appears this riddle comes from part of the

Marlboro OutWit the West 3 Contest
http://www.sconsig.com/marlboro_contest/index.htm

I guess I should feel special that someone thought I might be smart enough to actually answer that question :lol8:
tanya
10-19-2006, 08:26 PM
It appears this riddle comes from part of the

Marlboro OutWit the West 3 Contest
http://www.sconsig.com/marlboro_contest/index.htm

I guess I should feel special that someone thought I might be smart enough to actually answer that question :lol8:


A rough mile or about a mile
Sombeech
10-19-2006, 08:28 PM
I'm guessing it has something to do with the Colorado running through the Grand Canyon. As the river runs 5 miles, it's only 1 mile in a straight line. Then, it gets closer to standing still in Lake Mead?

So, the answer is the depth of the Grand Canyon?

Either that, or the Snake River, but I can't think of the Snake River standing still really (in the form of a well known lake). This is why I think it's the Colorado, as it eventually dries up.
tanya
10-19-2006, 08:32 PM
The shortcut is a lot easier: second star to the right, then straight on.
Neverland?


Depends on how far it is to Peter Pan?
Iceaxe
10-19-2006, 08:33 PM
Damn Sombeech.... you are a lot smarter then you look :lol8:
Sombeech
10-19-2006, 08:35 PM
Damn Sombeech.... you are a lot smarter then you look :lol8:

What do you mean?
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tanya
10-19-2006, 08:39 PM
That photo is NOT sexy!!!! :ne_nau:

Where is that one I love :nod:







PS... 2 words appear twice
Sombeech
10-19-2006, 08:43 PM
That photo is NOT sexy!!!! :ne_nau:
Then I'm afraid this relationship isn't going to work.


PS... 2 words appear twice

What do you mean?
Iceaxe
10-19-2006, 08:43 PM
Hmmmm.... the answer must be in:

How high, in hundreds of feet?

That is how it's printed in the contest book. There are 5280 feet in a mile. make any sense?
Sombeech
10-19-2006, 08:58 PM
This is my guess.

The Colorado River flows along the bottom of the canyon, 5000 feet/1524 m below the rim.

Source here:
http://www.nps.gov/archive/grca/grandcanyon/south-rim/
Iceaxe
10-19-2006, 09:04 PM
50 hundreds???
tanya
10-19-2006, 09:06 PM
50 hundreds???


I already gave you the answer :nod:
Iceaxe
10-19-2006, 09:12 PM
I already gave you the answer :nod:

:ne_nau:
Sombeech
10-19-2006, 09:12 PM
50 hundreds???


I already gave you the answer :nod:

I think tanya's giving us a riddle of her own.
tanya
10-19-2006, 09:16 PM
A rough mile or about a mile <-----
Sombeech
10-19-2006, 09:19 PM
A rough mile or about a mile <-----

Ahhh, I see what yer gettin' at.

A ROUGHLY 5-MILE run at the bottom of a chasm gets it ROUGHLY one MILE closer to standing still. About how high up would you have to meander to catch the sunrise?
Iceaxe
10-20-2006, 09:56 AM
But the answer must be in "hundreds of feet".
Sombeech
10-20-2006, 10:11 AM
But the answer must be in "hundreds of feet".

Yeah, I like 50 hundreds. :nod: