At 11:40 27/04/98 -0700, you wrote:
>
>I was in Marmot Mountain Works in Berkeley this weekend and there they have
>a poster of Chris Bonnington (famous mountaineer for those of you who don't
>know)
>climbing in the Himalaya with a black OM-4 hanging off his neck. I guess the
>thought of climbing with a Nikon brick around his neck didn't appeal. :-)
>
>
back in the 70's Olympus UK supplied 20 OM1's to Mr Bonnington and his team
for their attempt on Everest, he say's he still carries an OM1 to-day when
climbing, just for backup.
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