Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Snip -- Marc James Small wrote: I DO have it on good authority that Robert Byrd, Amundsen, Admiral Byrd, and Santa Claus never 'winterized' THEIR Leicas, so why should you? Snip -- I yield to Santa Claus and agree. However, Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole in 1911 (and died in 1928, well before Norvik/Trondheim and the 1939-40 Leica experiences in Norway). Was he using a prototype Ur with the "kugellager" (also a very early prototype)? Admiral Richard Bryd first explored the Antarctica in 1928, and last flew into that continent in 1955. Perhaps his Leica was a retrofitted and non-standardized Lexus "kugellager" (rare indeed) with a K stamped only on the shutter curtain and not after the original serial number? Seriously, now I know why my Leica(s) continued to work in the mild Minnesota temperatures. Thanks -- and Merry Christmas, Marc and all other LUGGERS. Bill Caldwell