Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]that's four, I think! ----- Original Message ----- From: <grduprey@mchsi.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 6:41 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] the west.... Sounds like a good idea to me. Gene -------------- Original message from "Seth Rosner" <sethrosner@nycap.rr.com>: -------------- > 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" > To: "Leica Users Group" > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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: 01/28/09 06:37:00