Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/19

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Canyonlands 2003
From: "Greg J. Lorenzo" <gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 18:14:27 -0600
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Great collection of shots!

Regards,

Greg

Wade Heninger wrote:

>Each year my brother, brothers-in-law (ahem, "the men") mark off a about
>as much time as we can spare for the hallowed "ain't life simple with
>everything on my back" backpack trip.
>
>Historically, this has gravitated to the desert southwest somewhere
>(Viva Red Rock!  Coyotes Unite!).  Some place inhospitable, manly and
>hard.  Where water, when you find it, is 4 miles from camp, up a canyons
>in small scummy puddles full of with water bugs, lizards and the like.
>Where the heat often exceeds 108 degrees and that 10L camelback bladder
>full of said water becomes your most important asset (however
>mineral-hard it tastes). 
>
>You can have your beaches, with their attendant blue water.  You can
>have your alpine granite, ridgelines and crampons.  You can have your
>Xbox and the cathode-ray nipple.  
>
>I'll take red rock, lizards and scraggly juniper, thankyouverymuch!
>
>This year, we wandered off in the Needles district of Canyonlands
>National Park, UT. It was hot, the hiking was physically challenging and
>the surrounding views were stunning.  
>
>Each night we sat around, headlamps aglow to read from the good book
>(Edward Abbey, that is), play cards and make fun of how fast one or the
>other came down with heat exhaustion. But I digress...
>
>http://www.heninger.org/gallery/canyonlands2003/index.htm
>
>
>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
>w a d e  h e n i n g e r 
>i n t e r a c t i o n  d e s i g n
>a d o b e  s y s t e m s ,  i n c . 
>
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In reply to: Message from "Wade Heninger" <heninger@adobe.com> ([Leica] Canyonlands 2003)