Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jun 3, 2013, at 10:16 AM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: > One of the scariest things I've seen: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm8ImFWx1ac wow, yes.... I strongly recomend the film "Man on Wire" Steve > > Shame they cropped off the top of the tree at the beginning on Taft > Point... > > > On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 8:27 AM, Paul Roark <roark.paul at gmail.com> wrote: > >>> >>> "Bob Adler" <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote >>> >>>> Just don't go swimming... >>>> >>>> http://www.latimes.com/local/**lanow/la-me-ln-man-swept-over-** >>>> yosemite-waterfall-20130602,0,**1124451.story< >> http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-man-swept-over-yosemite-waterfall-20130602,0,1124451.story >>> >>>> >>>> >>> I met a ranger in a wet suit at the Merced once and asked him what he was >> doing. "Looking for a body." They have to search the river until they >> find the body -- or most of it. They also have to take large bags to the >> bottom of Half Dome and other cliff areas to pick up the pieces. It sort >> of took away my desire to be a ranger there. >> >> One of the absolute dumbest things I ever saw was a testosterone-poisoned >> teenager hanging from one of the I beams under the bridge at the top of >> Nevada falls. He was proving his machismo to his buddies by going hand >> over hand along the I beam, under the bridge and over the top of the >> falls. >> I couldn't watch. >> >> About the biggest risk I've taken at the top of that falls is to put my >> camera on the end of an extended tripod, set the self timer, and hold the >> camera as far as possible over the edge of the falls to get a shot looking >> straight down. It makes a cool picture (even if no person is going over >> the falls at the time). ;-) >> >> Paul >> www.PaulRoark.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > Bob Adler > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information