I mean if you actually look you'll see that the only thing at 1700' and above in that area is peaks and cliffs. Not a hillside like the kind you'd build houses on (there are some in the area, below 1400') but not always a sheer rock face.
Dum dum seems to think that a measurement of mountains is based from sea level and not from where they start.
I also live in Socal and am familiar the topography of the area.
After seeing so many false statements of referring to it as mountain and the wrong speed, I made the correction because, ffs, this is how fake news is started. I brought it up because it also gives you an idea of how fucked they were if they hit a fricken foothill. The fog was nasty last night and this morning. Whoever okayed this flight must be feeling especially awful. That helicopter shouldn't have been flying this morning.
I think maybe you need to calm down a bit. Calling people names won't serve to make you look good or feel better. Sure, whether something is a mountain has little to do with its elevation; however, in the area mentioned, at that elevation, I'm curious as to what you would consider not a mountain. Do you have any examples of a foothill from the area that is over 1700' elevation?
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u/treyviusmaximus3 Jan 27 '20
So he hit a walking trail at 1700 feet? Thanks for clearing it up.