Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the correction, Thomas. I'm going to change it before my daughter sees it and gives me that "Are you a nitwit" look. (Hmmm, I just tried, but it won't let me.) Both my daughter and son can often be found hanging by their hands from anything conceivable to increase hand/arm strength. Oh geez, I hope they get into something else before all the woodwork is ruined :) Allan Thomas Mitchell wrote: > Allan, > > Just to pick a nit, that's 'rappelling' not 'propelling'. Generally > speaking, getting off a climb is often more dangerous than the climb > itself. > Rapelling off soomething I'd climbed, especially when the descent route > was > different than the climb always gave me a severe case of the willies. > > My daughter was born while I was just starting g-school and had > daylight to > kill. She spent most of her waking hours for the first couple years at > the > climbing gym or in the mountains. We have tons of snaps with her in the > baby carrier next to pile of rope, in the stroller by a belay point, > scrambling up walls before she could walk, climbing the fireplace to the > roof at age 3... Fair warning! > > The S/O and I eventually moved on to a different outdoor pursuit > (surfing & > kayaking) after I had a couple close calls with a frozen waterfall. > However, the daughter still wants to climb everything. The son who came > later naturally wants to spend all his waking moments in the water. Our > poor kids... > > Best, > > Thomas > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Allan > Wafkowski > Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 1:40 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] Re: PAW - Week 26 - Allan > > > I've been oppressively busy and haven't much to offer this week, but > here is my week 26 PAW. My daughter has taken up a new sport which > consist of climbing tall things like trees, buildings, bridges, and > mountain sides, and then propelling down them with a harness and rope. > The Kodak Supra 400 I used here has more contrast than I like. > > http://photocritique.net/g/s?00jQGn > > Allan > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html