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: Random Walker gets less far than was anticipated on the basis of a Global Positioning System in which the map and compass were neglected: the mean squared displacement has decreased, and in other words, the diffusion constant of Random Walker is reduced.
If, due to the presence of a large degree of disorder, the reduction due to GPS reaches the 100% level. Random Walker becomes stuck or, in more glorious terms, localized.

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11/18/2009 9:54 am - Reader Participation Day: Where is Your Favorite National Park Campground? : Olympic National Park, Hoh Campground, Loop C, Site 65, during fall elk rut.
11/17/2009 1:49 pm - Forest Service Open to Allowing Mountain Bikes on Continental Divide Trail, But What About Park Service? : And from IMBA's [url=http://www.imba.com/resources/land_protection/wilderness_toolkit.html]Bicycling and Wilderness: A Mountain Biker's Guide to Negotiating Wilderness Politics[/url] "Wilderness often presents a dilemma to the environmentally conscious mountain biker. While most of us applaud the intentions of the Wilderness Act, we also believe that bicycles are an appropriate, muscle-powered activity that belongs in Wilderness ...
11/17/2009 11:44 am - Traveler's Gear Box: How Do You Cook Your Food in a National Park's Backcountry? : Some years ago I used Google and POTS (Plain Old Telephone System) in gathering the data I posted above (saved on my HD) Backpackinglight.com has a [url=http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/canister_stove_faq.html]FAQ on Canister Stoves and Fuels[/url] which is a good read. At the WhiteBlaze.net forums, their [url=http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread.php?p=97824&postcount=1]Canister stove/fuel FAQ[/url] say's the Jetboil JetPower fuel ...
11/16/2009 7:38 pm - Traveler's Gear Box: How Do You Cook Your Food in a National Park's Backcountry? : Funny that they do not and advertise that theirs is best for cold weather. Which would mean it has a higher percentage of propane than the others? MSR Iso Pro 80/20 isobutane/propane Brunton Brutane 80/20 isobutane/propane Snow Peak Gigapower 65/35 isobutane/propane Primus Powergas 25/25/50 propane/isobutane/butane Coleman 70/30 butane/propane JetBoil Jetpower ...
11/15/2009 2:43 pm - Traveler's Gear Box: How Do You Cook Your Food in a National Park's Backcountry? : Does anybody know the Iso-butane / Propane percentages in Jetboils Jetpower canisters? I use a first generation MSR Whisperlite International where ever I go. "...adventure without regard to prudence, profit, self-improvement, learning or any other serious thing" -Aldo Leopold-
10/29/2009 4:58 pm - Server Maintenance Could Briefly Knock The Traveler Off-Line Saturday Morning : 6 a.m. to 8 a.m Pacific..... will there be coffee? "...adventure without regard to prudence, profit, self-improvement, learning or any other serious thing" -Aldo Leopold-
10/21/2009 9:07 am - Is Technology Compatible With The National Park Wilderness Experience? : GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK Hikers Evacuated After Three SPOT Activations In Three Days On the evening of September 23rd, rangers began a search for hikers who repeatedly activated their rented SPOT satellite tracking device. The GEOS Emergency Response Center in Houston reported that someone in the group of four hikers ...
10/17/2009 10:31 am - Forest Service Drawing Line On Mountain Bikers in Potential Wilderness, National Park Service Agrees : I was thinking that Lynne was meaning the [url=http://www.adventurecycling.org/routes/greatdivide.cfm?pg=more]Great Divide Mountain Bike Route?[/url] Anyway, concerning your statement of bikes on the CDT Highest Trail (not verified), the CDT was not "conceived and sanctioned by Congress to include bicycles." Here is a Position Statement from the CDTA on mountain bike use ...
10/14/2009 4:59 pm - Reader Participation Day: What Epic Treks in the National Parks Are on Your To-Do List? : [quote]Getting temporarily lost in the backcountry of Canyonlands National park.[/quote] Oh ya, have that one on the list (and now will ponder it once more :-)) Have already started collecting maps, field & trail guides, histories & fiction stories etc. for a winters mulling, pondering and planning a [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_High_Route]Sierra High ...
10/14/2009 11:42 am - Forest Service Drawing Line On Mountain Bikers in Potential Wilderness, National Park Service Agrees : Such trite hubris to think this is about access, mountain bikers, hikers, horsemen, etc... Here in my neck of the woods on federal lands only 45% of the trails are machine free, this by being in National Parks and Wildernesses. Narrow this down to the Wenatchee National Forest alone and ...

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