Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jan 28, 2009, at 5:17 AM, Seth Rosner wrote: > With this LUG lovefest for the Tetons breaking out, perhaps some > time this year we ought schedule a first LUG get-together in them > mountains. I'll take a train! I'll be there... > > > Seth > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Barbour" <kididdoc@cox.net> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 7:27 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] the west.... > > >> >> On Jan 27, 2009, at 5:20 PM, Henning Wulff wrote: >> >>> At 3:17 PM -0700 1/27/09, Steve Barbour wrote: >>>> On Jan 27, 2009, at 1:07 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hate to tell you this, but the only reason the name "Jackson Hole" >>>>> rings a bell with me and most other economists in the world is >>>>> that it is the site of the annual love-in of central bankers... >>>> >>>> >>>> they like to go to Jackson's Hole, the Tetons for a good reason, >>>> it's heaven on earth...Steve >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> I had some of the greatest days skiing there, ever. About 1968 3 >>> friends and I arrived after a couple of weeks of storms causing the >>> gondola to be closed. >>> >>> It's about 1200m vertical on the gondola, and one of the areas it >>> opens up is a scree slope about 5 to 8 hundred meters wide and 750m >>> vertical. Due to the storm no one had been able to ski it for a >>> number of weeks. >>> >>> The day we came it was clear and calm, and I don't think I ever had >>> to cross anyone else's tracks. It took 7 minutes for the gondola to >>> go to the top, and I could ski the 1200m down in 7 minutes and be >>> ready for the same gondola. >>> >>> With a minimal break for lunch (about 7 minutes to buy something) I >>> skied about 40,000m vertical that day, I think the most I've ever >>> done and almost all powder that flowed over my shoulders. Heaven on >>> earth indeed. >> >> >> >> and I must find my old photos of Jenny Lake...Steve >> >> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> * Henning J. Wulff >>> /|\ Wulff Photography & Design >>> /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com >>> |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.233 / Virus Database: 270.10.15/1921 - Release Date: > 01/27/09 07:26:00 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information