What Christine said. A keeper for sure. On Nov 26, 2011, at 11:55 AM, Christine Aguila wrote:
> Really fantastic shot with the sign, wind, light etc. Just out of interest, > did you use the K5 here? Cheers, Christine > > > On Nov 25, 2011, at 6:22 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > >> So today Lisa and I eschewed the opporunity to get pepper sprayed and >> fight mobs of holiday shoppers. Instead we took advantage of beautiful >> weather to hike up New Hampshire's Mount Washington. The trail we took >> starts right at the lodge where we're staying; it's 4.1 miles to the >> top, with about 4000 feet of elevation gain. >> >> Weather was good and snow depth wasn't too bad. We were told we >> wouldn't need full crampons and so went with "mini spikes", which were >> tremendously helpful: We saw many other hikers using crampons. >> >> As expected, the wind got stronger as we climbed higher. At the bluff >> called Lion's Head it must have been 60-65 mph. The snow had been >> blown clear of many places but where it did remain it wes quite deep >> in spots. Occasionally I would place a foot and find myelf crotch-deep >> in snow. That and the wind made for slow going. When we got to the top >> the wind notched up *considerably*. We checked later (the top of the >> mountain consists largly of an elaborate weather station facility) we >> learned the wind at the top had been around 75 mph with gusts in the >> mid 80's. It felt like it. In the photo linked below, Lisa is >> literally hanging on to the summit marker sign to avoid being blown >> away. >> >> http://www.robertstech.com/temp/lisa-1.jpg >> >> The whole journey felt like a lot more than the 8.2 miles it actually >> was. I barely have enough energy to enjoy my beer now. But I'll manage >> ;-) >> >> More photos later. >> >> >> -- >> 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. -- 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.
