Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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