Lol! Thanks much, Walt! :) -c
On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 11:48 PM, Walt Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote: > Oops! I completely forgot to comment on the set, which was great! I > especially liked 2012_07 and 2012_23. > > It certainly looks like a fun spectacle to witness! > > -- Walt > > > On 8/15/2012 10:43 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: >> >> 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. -- 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.
