Sounds like a good time. Looking forward to your pics. Paul On Jun 6, 2010, at 6:39 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
> ...without photos. > > I'm back at my friends' cabin about 50 miles from GFM. Just catching my > breath before the drive home tomorrow. > > The weekend was long, beautiful, grueling and rewarding. Nothing beats seeing > old friends at such a fabulous place for such a great event. > > I arrived at the mountain Thursday evening and was able to spend almost an > hour socializing with Doug Brewer, Don Nelson and a couple of the other team > members before heading out onto the trail. I had the best weather I've ever > had for one of my overnight bivouacs in the back country. Given the lateness > of the hour I only hiked in about a mile and a quarter, which is plenty when > carrying tent, sleeping bag, food , water and camera gear (carbon fiber > tripods rule!) and I settled on the Attic Window camp site as my spot for the > night. Got a few so-so evening/sunset shots and then settled down for the > night. We had a bit of rain during the night but nothing major. Sunrise kept > promising great things and then backing out at the last moment: As soon as > the light and clouds in the distance started to get good the mountain itself > get enveloped in a cloud and I couldn't see anything. This happened over and > over and I was only able to get a few decent photos before I had to hike back > to my responsibilities for the weekend. > > Friday was mostly preparation for the event, which started in the evening at > the nature museum on the mountain. Doug and I introduced the photo contest > and there was one speaker who did a presentation. > > On Saturday morning I let a photo walk on the Profile Trail, a vastly easier > venue than my usual high trail assault on Attic Window Peak. Scott Loveless > and Matt Maessen joined in, along with a handful of other folks from the > workshop. I think we got some good shots from the outing (I'll let you know > how I did soon). > > Saturday afternoon I spent polishing my presentation and trying to sell my > book (http://www.robertstech.com/books.htm#blue). Doug and I got a head start > on the photo contest judging, making a first pass through the submitted > photos. Then I went over my plans for my presentation talk. I was the second > presenter for the evening and the talk seemed to go over very well (I sold a > lot more books Sunday after people had heard my talk and seen my photos). > > Sunday morning was the usual blur of activity as Doug and I finished judging > the photo contest and presented the "dishonorable mentions" and the actual > awards. Lots of HDR jokes and bad puns ensued and a jolly time was had by > all. I sold a lot more books ($35.00, signed by the author; $45.00 > unsigned...) > > It's amazing - the whole weekend requires an extraordinary amount of work and > seems to just grind by as it's happening, but then it's over and you wonder > how the time went by so quickly. Already looking forward to next year. > > Photos to follow in a few days. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
