Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina-- My sympathies and gratitude that you weren't more badly hurt. That bruising looks nasty, but remember what they say--as long as you can't read the serial no. of the lens imprinted backwards in your skin, it could have been worse! And speaking as a physician, I'll just make the observation that people heal, M8s don't.... --howard On Jul 6, 2008, at 2:15 AM, Tina Manley wrote: > PESO: > > I'm in California hiking in the Sierra Nevada mountains and have not > had e-mail for over a week. We've had a wonderful trip and I've > taken many photos with my two M8's but on Tuesday, we were hiking > near Southfork Lake in the John Muir Wilderness when I stumbled over > a rock and fell face first onto my M8. I broke my nose but the M8 > is fine, as far as I can tell and I've continued to take photos with > it in spite of two very black eyes. Can you see the imprint of the > M8 on my face? > > http://www.pbase.com/image/99734652 > > I look even worse today as all of the colors are more vivid and > spreading over most of my face. We'll be back home on Wednesday > with a week to recuperate before I head off for Honduras. I'm still > having nightmares about falling on my M8 though!!! > > More photos later. > > Tina