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Subject: [OM] Desert mishap
From: PCACala@xxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 00:00:06 EDT
Hi all:

To answer the skeptics, with amazing little effort, I left the keyboard and
the OLY list and did some shooting today.  Despite shooting action shots
(using a 70-210 zoom and Polaroid OneStep 200 - a.k.a. Agfa HDC 200) while
riding a jet ski, I probably I should have remained to catch up on my e-mail.
We've recently been recommending and cautioning Marco about his upcoming SW US
desert travel (i.e., Death Valley).  Well, Lake Mead isn't much cooler.  It
was probably 115 deg. F today.  And I blew a radiator hose.

So, beside taking hot weather gear on summer desert shoots (one or more
windshield sun screens, coolers, waterproof canoeing bags), I'd recommend a
hose clamp.  That simple item held together the split hose and allowed a
short-cut 60 mile drive home for a new hose, via the Valley of Fire.  Knowing
the fondness of that place to List members, I felt sufficiently guilty for not
shooting a single picture while driving through it.  

Gary Reese
Las Vegas, NV

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