Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/10/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kudos! Tina and fellow hikers Fond regards, George george@imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Oct 9, 2008, at 1:29 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > PESO - > > We made it down to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and back up! At > times I didn't think it was possible. I've been on longer, > steeper, more strenuous trails but never one that was all three. > Standing halfway up and looking straight up at how much further we > had to go was incredible. It took us 9 hours to hike down the > South Kaibab Trail. We spent the night at Phantom Ranch which was > fabulous. We left Phantom Ranch yesterday morning at sunrise > coming back up the Bright Angel Trail and it took exactly 12 hours > to hike back up about 5000 feet. > > Today I'm resting and downloading all of my cards. I used both M8s > and mostly the 35/2 and the 24/2.8 with some Voightlander 12mm. > The sunrises and sunsets were spectacular. The weather has been > absolutely perfect - cool and windy on top and hot with a nice > breeze on bottom. There hasn't been a cloud in the sky since we > got here. I'm sure the photos won't do it justice but I'll try to > post some soon. > > We hope to go out through parts of the Painted Desert on the way > back to Flagstaff before we fly home tomorrow. > > Hasta luego > > Tina > > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information