Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jan 27, 2009, at 2:09 PM, Seth Rosner wrote: > Nathan, the correct name is/was Jackson's Hole, so called after a > beaver fur trapper of the same name who made the area his principal > place of business. West across the Tetons on the Idaho side was > called Pierre's Hole, after a French-Canadian voyageur trapper who > called that area home. As a boy, I worked on a ranch on Idaho side > for two summers before there was a Grand Teton National Park. At the > end of each summer, Jack Young, the ranch owner, took us kids on a > two-week horseback pack trip through the Tetons and the Yellowstone. > I first entered Jackson's Hole from Idaho side over Teton Crest > trail on the back of a 2-year-old Apaloosa colt (not gelding) named > Apache. Loved that horse so much I wrote my dad, pleading for him to > lend me some money so I could buy the animal and transport him back > to New York ;-) > > God's country. and one of the most profoundly beautiful places there is Jenny Lake... I may try to dig out a couple of photos of that place... Steve > > > Despoiled by the central bankers. > > even more by the ex-vice-president whom some may remember is from > Wyoming. > > Seth > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Wajsman" <photo@frozenlight.eu > > > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 3:07 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] the west.... > > >> Hate to tell you this, but the only reason the name "Jackson Hole" >> rings a bell with me and most other economists in the world is that >> it >> is the site of the annual love-in of central bankers... >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> Alicante, Spain >> http://www.frozenlight.eu >> http://www.greatpix.eu >> http://www.nathanfoto.com >> >> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog >> >> >> >> On Jan 27, 2009, at 8:40 PM, Seth Rosner wrote: >> >>> they're there, Nathan, they're there! In the Snake River, even at >>> low 'tide'. It's just that for our purposes, this Teton country >>> dates from two centuries ago, the euro didn't exist, the yen was >>> unknown and bank notes didn't make their way this far west. Money >>> took the form of beaver pelts and horses. >>> >>> Seth >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Wajsman" <photo@frozenlight.eu >>> > >>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> >>> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 2:12 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] the west.... >>> >>> >>>> I expected Jackson Hole to be all strewn with dollar, yen, euro and >>>> perhaps pound bills ;-) >>>> >>>> Nathan Wajsman >>>> Alicante, Spain >>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu >>>> http://www.greatpix.eu >>>> http://www.nathanfoto.com >>>> >>>> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 >>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >>>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Jan 25, 2009, at 12:55 AM, Steve Barbour wrote: >>>> >>>>> two more images, these from the Jackson Hole, Wyoming and Tetons >>>>> area... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/PAW+2009/tetons.jpg.html >>>>> >>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/PAW+2009/ >>>>> birdtetons.jpg.html >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I believe these were taken with a Leica R8, >>>>> >>>>> the first one with a lux 50mm and the second with the Elmarit 19 >>>>> mm /2.8 2nd version. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> many thanks for your interest in these, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Steve >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>>> information >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>> information >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> >>> >>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>> Version: 8.0.233 / Virus Database: 270.10.14/1918 - Release Date: >>> 01/27/09 07:26:00 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.233 / Virus Database: 270.10.14/1918 - Release Date: > 01/27/09 07:26:00 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information