And Seinfeld wrt helmets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgOUgrOHuFc&feature=youtube_gdata_player
cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Walt Gilbert <[email protected]> Sent: August 15, 2012 8/15/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: GESO: Castells In my second Seinfeld reference of the night: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WSD6Y2YWj4 On 8/15/2012 10:01 PM, [email protected] wrote: > My point exactly. > > Cheers, > frank > > "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- > Christopher Hitchens > > --- Original Message --- > > From: Steven Desjardins <[email protected]> > Sent: August 15, 2012 8/15/12 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: GESO: Castells > > Most sports are pretty weird if you really think about them. > > On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 10:34 PM, [email protected] > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Very cool! >> >> And wonderful photos, too. >> >> Cheers, >> frank >> >> "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- >> Christopher Hitchens >> >> --- Original Message --- >> >> From: Christine Nielsen <[email protected]> >> Sent: August 15, 2012 8/15/12 >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >> Subject: GESO: Castells >> >> Hellooo out there! >> >> Summer vacation & travels have kept me off the list for a while... >> did I miss anything? :) >> >> Thought I'd share a collection of shots that I took a couple of weeks >> ago in Spain. For the second year, we were visiting with friends who >> live outside of Barcelona... they participate in making Castells, or >> human towers. Which, near as I can tell, is a combination athletic >> contest, Catalan cultural event & performance art. It's really quite >> incredible to watch. (Especially for someone from the litigious US... >> I was inspired to teach my Spanish friends the English idiom "lawsuit >> waiting to happen"...) People from all walks of life participate, >> from young to old. Indeed, the youngest are the ones climbing to the >> top of the towers, which can reach 8 or 9 stories high. >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/sets/72157631083652560/with/7789544188/ >> >> Apologies for the size of the set, it is also being shared with the >> participants... here's a shot that gives an idea of the Castells: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/7789543272/in/set-72157631083652560/ >> >> Another outtake - how it looks when something goes wrong... At one >> point, one of the towers collapsed. I managed to get a couple of >> shots off while I dove for cover: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/7789544188/in/set-72157631083652560 >> >> I think what I find so compelling about this activity is the >> closeness... everyone mashed together, feet on shoulders, hands >> grabbing what-have-you... talk about being on top of each other! >> >> :) >> -c >> >> -- >> 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. -- 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.
