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Subject: [Leica] what ch'all missed by not riding with me in arizona
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Sun May 25 15:01:09 2008
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On May 25, 2008, at 2:44 PM, Jerry Lehrer wrote:

> Steve,
>
> As a native  "Zoni" , you should know how it is done..


here just 16 years...yes, I should know, but aside from throwing money  
around, there must be other tricks, and I would bet Kyle knows  
them...he doesn't seem like a yuppie to me


> You go on the more expensive "photo tours",
> tip the  Native American guide big bucks, in advance. Kyle  
> describes, in part, how it is done.

the coupl'a times I was in the slots was right after all the tourists  
were killed in a freak flash flood, people were understandably very  
skittish...


> If you want to see some slot canyons here in La Jolla, I can show  
> you some that are less than one
> year old.  And you won't have to pay very much. And I will spring  
> for the Bruichladdich,  But only
> for the 15 year old.  I can't afford any better than that.


you are awesome man, sign me up, I will be the one in the Clint  
Eastwood chapeau...

btw Kyle, from your last shot, it looks like half of West Philly was  
there,

Steve

>
>
> Jerry Lehrer
>
>
> Steve Barbour wrote:
>>
>> On May 25, 2008, at 12:55 PM, Kyle Cassidy wrote:
>>
>>> ... some spectacular slot canyons. lots of chattin' with the  
>>> locals. drinking tequila in the back of a pickup truck with some  
>>> navajo cooks who worked at a mexican restaurant, climbing to the  
>>> top of a mountain to watch the sun boil down over the landscape,  
>>> catching kingsnakes sunning themselves on stones, being attacked  
>>> by jumping cholla (again and again and again) leaping into a  
>>> swimming pool that was 20 degrees colder than it had any right to  
>>> be, more driving than any person ought to be doing, and, oh yeah,  
>>> did i say 'some photos that make people go "wow!"'?
>>>
>>> some of that, and the behind the scenes here:
>>>
>>> http://www.kylecassidy.com/pix/travel/2008/badlands/canyon/ 
>>> index.html
>>
>> sounds like you loved it...
>>
>> some very beautiful images Kyle, especially the next to  
>> last....such an amazing place, and if you are there at the right  
>> time, and can get free of the people, you see and capture the most  
>> beautiful light...
>>
>> you did it...
>>
>> so how do you get shots, free of people ?
>>
>> oh, the cholla don't really jump, just don't touch them, rarely  
>> they can be life threatening...
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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In reply to: Message from kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu (Kyle Cassidy) ([Leica] what ch'all missed by not riding with me in arizona)
Message from kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] what ch'all missed by not riding with me in arizona)
Message from glehrer at san.rr.com (Jerry Lehrer) ([Leica] what ch'all missed by not riding with me in arizona)