[Leica] Half Dome Death March

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (tedgrant at shaw.ca)]

ONE LAST BIT OF ADVICE....... A SMALL PACKAGE OF KLEENEX IN POCKET!!!  Trust 
me not necessarily for wiping the lenses!

cheers,
ted
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Man" <richard at imagecraft.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2011 11:00 PM
Subject: [Leica] Half Dome Death March


>I have wanted to do the Half Dome hike for a couple of years. It's tough to
> schedule since a) our eldest daughter is in college year round and only
> comes home briefly every 3 months or so and she really wants to go too 
> (*),
> and b) they now require permits to hike the last 400 ft (via cable) and 
> they
> are hard to obtain.
>
> Well, with luck have it, I have gotten 3 permits for this Wednesday at the
> last moment. So we are planning to leave here ~3AM.
>
> We may or may not make it to the top. We will turn around ~2PM. 
> Fortunately,
> it's just 2 days past full moon so we will have some leeway on the way 
> down.
>
> Wish us luck. We do have good hiking boots, and will bring lots of water 
> and
> snacks.
>
> BUT MOST importantly :-), I will have my camera - most like the XPan II 
> with
> ~7-10 rolls of film. The M9 may be a bit lighter and no film, but I think 
> I
> will be kicking myself for not using the panoramic camera.
>
> Wish us luck!!! I hope we will make it to at least as far as Nevada Fall 
> and
> hopefully to the top of Half Dome.
>
> (*) She is getting some cold feet with stories of people falling off 
> rocks.
>
> -- 
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