Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/09/07

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Subject: [Leica] Ansel Adams Wilderness
From: afirkin at afirkin.com (afirkin at afirkin.com)
Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2012 02:21:30 -0400
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> Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Mark Rabiner wrote:
>>
> ...
>>>>>
>> Ansel A. would climb these mountains before modern mountain climbing
>> methods ...
>> <<<
>>
>> Pretty sure he use a mule.
>>
>
> Yes, I think most of them did back then.  But I gained a lot of
> respect for AA's hiking ability when I climbed up to the Diving Board.
>  He did that with an 8x10 in 1927, and there is no way a mule could
> help him there.  It's a tough scramble even with a mere medium format
> camera.  It's worth the climb (no ropes needed).  See
> http://www.paulroark.com/Dome2005.html
>
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com

The image seems 'timeless' and very familiar. Lovely shot.

Cheers

Alastair
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