Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]With this LUG lovefest for the Tetons breaking out, perhaps some time this year we ought schedule a first LUG get-together in them mountains. I'll take a train! Seth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Barbour" <kididdoc@cox.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 7:27 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] the west.... > > On Jan 27, 2009, at 5:20 PM, Henning Wulff wrote: > >> At 3:17 PM -0700 1/27/09, Steve Barbour wrote: >>> On Jan 27, 2009, at 1:07 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: >>> >>>> 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... >>> >>> >>> they like to go to Jackson's Hole, the Tetons for a good reason, >>> it's heaven on earth...Steve >>> >>> >> >> >> >> I had some of the greatest days skiing there, ever. About 1968 3 >> friends and I arrived after a couple of weeks of storms causing the >> gondola to be closed. >> >> It's about 1200m vertical on the gondola, and one of the areas it >> opens up is a scree slope about 5 to 8 hundred meters wide and 750m >> vertical. Due to the storm no one had been able to ski it for a >> number of weeks. >> >> The day we came it was clear and calm, and I don't think I ever had >> to cross anyone else's tracks. It took 7 minutes for the gondola to >> go to the top, and I could ski the 1200m down in 7 minutes and be >> ready for the same gondola. >> >> With a minimal break for lunch (about 7 minutes to buy something) I >> skied about 40,000m vertical that day, I think the most I've ever >> done and almost all powder that flowed over my shoulders. Heaven on >> earth indeed. > > > > and I must find my old photos of Jenny Lake...Steve > > >> >> >> -- >> >> * Henning J. Wulff >> /|\ Wulff Photography & Design >> /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com >> |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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: 270.10.15/1921 - Release Date: 01/27/09 07:26:00