ATDTDA (17): Fickle Creek (462.21)

James Kyllo jkyllo at gmail.com
Wed Sep 5 10:12:44 CDT 2007


I think the summit of a pass is pretty normal usage.

It's certainly referred to that way at the Rogers Pass, which I passed
through 2 weeks ago

http://vivisimo.com/search?query=summit+%22Rogers+Pass%22&v:sources=Web&sourceid=Mozilla-search

On 9/4/07, bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> Well,  I think the name "Fickle Creek" certainly suits the place.  First
> clue that this is not for reals (in some sense of the term) is that Frank
> hits the pass at the summit.  Now what kind of pass goes over the summit?
> Or - conversely,  what kind of summit is it that needs a pass?   (Nochecitas
> music here  - twilight zone)  But it's just one more line to cross,  I
> guess,  another case of  borderline.

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