Calculating hiking verticals using spreadsheets

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Re: Calculating hiking verticals using spreadsheets

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longri wrote:
TehipiteTom wrote:I adjust my estimate accordingly, and it's not really a problem.
How? Do you just add 15% to the distance and subtract 10% from the gain or something like that?
More or less. It's certainly close enough for my purposes.
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I used to hand plot these in the '80's, now I don't even bother. And I'm an excel guru. Still don't bother.
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