Thanks, Frank. I thought it was pretty cool, too... we have our own "weird" sports, but this is something else...
:) -c 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.
