false summit

[smokymtnsteve]

an optical illusion causing a hiker to think that the top of the climb is just ahead ..but the trail just keeps climbing...@#$%^

[DebW]

This is a point where the 2nd derivative of elevation with respect to distance equals zero. At the true summit, the first derivative equals zero. Calculus is good for something.

[Hikerhead]

DebW, you are something else. I bet you have some really smart kids.:D