[Leica] Mt. Washington

[Peter Klein]

Jay's "posing at the summit" picture on Mt. Washington (6288 ft., 1917m)
prompted me to dig up one of my own, from a long time ago.  Here I am at
the same summit in early fall, 1972, on a good day. With abundant hair and
good knees.
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And here I am, a year earlier, also in the early fall, on a not so good
day. This is the summit of Mt Lafayette (5,249 ft., 1600m). The white stuff
is not snow, but rime (frozen fog) that builds up on the rocks when the
temperature is below freezing and exposed areas above treeline are in a
cloud. It was shirtsleeve weather at the base, down parkas at the summit.
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These signs are at treeline for a reason. The highest wind velocity ever
recorded on the planet occurred on Mt. Washington.  231 mph or 372 kph, and
that was when the wind gauge blew away.
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Both pictures taken by my hiking companions with my Leica M2, DR Summicron,
Kodachrome 64. Enjoy.

--Peter