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please use meters

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Gee Dubble · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Mar 2013 · Points: 4,082

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Jay Samuelson · · Colorado · Joined Nov 2006 · Points: 1,896

but i only have feet at the bottom of my legs.... where do you get these 'meters' you speak of?

RockinOut · · NY, NY · Joined May 2010 · Points: 100

They're putting in parking meters at the trailhead?! Gotta save up my quarters

Antonio Caligiuri · · Bishop, CA · Joined Oct 2013 · Points: 66

Yards seems like a fair compromise.

Mark E Dixon · · Possunt, nec posse videntur · Joined Nov 2007 · Points: 974

Light years

Allen Sanderson · · On the road to perdition · Joined Jul 2007 · Points: 1,203
Jay Samuelson wrote:but i only have feet at the bottom of my legs.... where do you get these 'meters' you speak of?
You need 3.3 feet and ya got a meter. So just get some bigger shoes.
Jon Zucco · · Denver, CO · Joined Aug 2008 · Points: 245

For the sake of accuracy, I say we use planck lengths.

Jeremy Riesberg · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jun 2012 · Points: 5

Bananas are always an accurate form of measurement.

Scott Robertson · · Portland, OR · Joined Jun 2002 · Points: 110

Awesome banter aside, I agree. Let's start the movement to get the U.S. to stop using the imperial system. If the mountain project community can do that, then we nominate the top trolls for the presidency.

Speaking of trolls...OP that was such a benign and succinct post! You wrapped it up and left no room for debate... (he said trollingly)

Lebanon and Myanmar (Burma) can do whatever they want!

Jason Todd · · Cody, WY · Joined Apr 2012 · Points: 1,114
Joshua Payne · · Los Alamos, NM · Joined May 2013 · Points: 55

Why not smoots?

EricF · · San Francisco · Joined May 2012 · Points: 120

Jason both Myanmar and Liberia neither have the metric system nor have been to the moon.... it would make sense for us to get on board this whole measuring distance as a factor of 1/10,000,000th of the distance from the equator to the north pole, are yards used anywhere except a football field and measuring a pile of mulch?

Danny Jay · · Los Angeles, CA · Joined Mar 2013 · Points: 141

Just measure in number of bolts of course

Hiro Protagonist · · Colorado · Joined Apr 2012 · Points: 290

i was paging through a climbing guide in the shop the other day and it was in meters. Although it might have been a book for somewhere in Canada...

We can only hope. Maybe authors would be nice enough to start by listing both. I'm sure users will see the obvious usefulness of seeing that 30 is indeed half of 60.

Colonel Mustard · · Sacramento, CA · Joined Sep 2005 · Points: 1,241

Heights listed in feet are much more impressive, with no more effort. Work smarter, not harder.

Monomaniac · · Morrison, CO · Joined Oct 2006 · Points: 17,295
Joshua Payne wrote:Why not smoots?
Nice! Thought I might see a vote for smoots.
Mike Gilbert · · Bend, OR · Joined Jul 2013 · Points: 21
Dan Stirton wrote:Just measure in number of bolts of course
We should then standardize the length between bolts, I vote 4 feet.
Rodney P · · Ouray,CO · Joined Oct 2011 · Points: 335

Ive walked many meters on my tired meters?

Rockbanned brett · · Plattsburgh, Ny · Joined Dec 2011 · Points: 215
Allen Sanderson wrote: You need 3.3 feet and ya got a meter. So just get some bigger shoes.
Actually 3.24 sir... heh heh heh
Morgan Patterson · · NH · Joined Oct 2009 · Points: 8,945

Why not Hands?

BruceH · · New Harmony, UT · Joined Mar 2011 · Points: 45
Rodney P wrote:Ive walked many meters on my tired meters?
The metre is just a bit off.
Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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