On Jun 19, 2011, at 5:36 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > Ah yes ... reminds me of the time we were lost in the wilds of Afghanistan. > Fool guide forgot the bottle opener and we had to survive for 5 days on > nothing but food and water.
Mark! > > > > From: "Bob W" > >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >>> > Stan Halpin >>> > One frequent topic here, most recently raised by John Sessoms, has to >>> > do with the kit to take on a trip, and the question of how to carry it >>> > all. I have found the solution to the second question. >>> > >>> > http://www.justluxe.com/livingluxe/reward.php?cid=1569184 >>> > >>> > If you are going to buy lens or lenses at $10,000 for a photo safari, >>> > why not a trunk to put the gear in? >> that's all very well for someone fulfilling their Hugh Hefner / James Bond >> fantasy but the designer has obviously never been a Real Traveller - there's >> nowhere to put cleft sticks. >> >> I've always found it most useful to turn to accounts of Real Travel when >> planning my own humble excursions and have recently been much encouraged by >> Bowman's The Ascent of Rum Doodle. In it he describes the logistics for >> their renowned expedition: >> >> "The object of the expedition was to place two men on the summit of Rum >> Doodle. This necessaitated the establishment of a camp at 39,000 feet >> stocked with a fortnight's supply for two, so that in the event of adverse >> weather conditions the party could wait in comfort for an improvement. The >> equipment for this camp had to be carried from the railhead at Chaikhosi, a >> distance of 500 miles. Five porters would be needed for this. Two porters >> would be needed to carry the food for these five, and another would carry >> the food for these two. His food would be carried by a boy. The boy would >> carry his own food. The first supporting party would be established at >> 38,000 feet, also with a fortnight's supplies, which necessitated another >> eight porters and a boy. In all, to transport tents and equipment, food, >> radio, scientific and photographic gear, personal effects and so on, 3,000 >> porters and 375 boys would be required". >> >> He later gives great praise to the porters, who were essential for the >> success of the mission, and mentions that despite their short stature - few >> of them were above 5 feet in height - they were immensely strong and each >> carried a load of 1,000 pounds. >> >> I think that puts the Playboy Trunk into its proper perspective. >> > > -- > 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. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- 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.
