Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nat and Jim Unlike you, I hate cold and snow, EXCEPT to ski on. If I had a right knee joint I still would be skiing. Until I was 100 if I lived that long. Mammoth Mountain in California had a great senior ski policy, free lift tickets to all 65 and older skiers! Jerry Jim Hemenway wrote: > Nathan: > > I knew that you were an intelligent man: > > There's only two things that come down mountains in winter, > avalanches and fools. : ) > > -- > > Jim - http://www.hemenway.com > > Nathan Wajsman wrote: > > > > Thanks, Jerry. I like the cold and snow, I like the mountains, but I > > just do not like skiing :-( I took lessons during our first winter > > here > > and realized that I simply would never be any good at it. Even after > > several lessons, my preferred method of stopping remained looking for > > a > > nice big pile of soft snow to crash into. The second winter I tried > > again, with roughly similar results. So I said screw it, why spend a > > lot > > of time and money on something which I do not enjoy and which I am > > lousy > > at? This winter I have the added excuse of having had knee surgery in > > late November, and given my frequency of falls there would be a high > > likelihood of messing up the knee if I did ski. So the family and I > > enjoy the mountains together, just in different ways... > > > > Nathan > > > > Jerry Lehrer wrote: > > > Nat > > > > > > Nice shots. But you say you don't enjoy skiing? Wow! I was > > > actively skiing and using my Nikonos on the slopes (or pistes as > > > you call it) well into my late 60's until I lost my right knee > > joint. > > > > > > Though we have to drive from three to six hours to get to good > > > skiing areas from here in sunny La Jolla. > > > > > > Jerry > > > > > > Nathan Wajsman wrote: > > > >> > > >>http://www.wajsman.com/2003_3.jpg > > >> > > >>Three skiers survey the territory: > > >> > > >>http://www.wajsman.com/2003_3alt1.jpg > > >> > > >>And finally, a father and son take a nap: > > >> > > >>http://www.wajsman.com/2003_3alt2.jpg > > >> > > > > -- > > Nathan Wajsman > > Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > > > > e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch > > mobile: +41 78 732 1430 > > > > Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm > > General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html