Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jay's "posing at the summit" picture on Mt. Washington (6288 ft., 1917m) prompted me to dig up one of my own, from a long time ago. Here I am at the same summit in early fall, 1972, on a good day. With abundant hair and good knees. < https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at N04/5500475707/in/album-72157626204203806/ > And here I am, a year earlier, also in the early fall, on a not so good day. This is the summit of Mt Lafayette (5,249 ft., 1600m). The white stuff is not snow, but rime (frozen fog) that builds up on the rocks when the temperature is below freezing and exposed areas above treeline are in a cloud. It was shirtsleeve weather at the base, down parkas at the summit. < https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at N04/5500473839/in/album-72157626204203806/ > These signs are at treeline for a reason. The highest wind velocity ever recorded on the planet occurred on Mt. Washington. 231 mph or 372 kph, and that was when the wind gauge blew away. < http://www.barclaycardtravel.com/t5/Stories/The-Worst-Weather-in-America/ba-p/142801 > Both pictures taken by my hiking companions with my Leica M2, DR Summicron, Kodachrome 64. Enjoy. --Peter