My condolences on your death, Barry, we'll miss you. Can I have your OM-1?
Gary
"Barry B. Bean" wrote:
> I'll never forget the time I was summiting Everest in the first no
> oxygen solo nude boxing gloves and roller skates ascent. I reached
> around for trusty OM1 when...Damn! the strap broke. As I saw the
> camera skittling over the ice towards an enormous cornice I knew I
> had to make a choice: Play it safe ane let the camera go, or SAVE MY
> OLY!
>
> Naturally, I opted to save my Om-1, and dove after it, unfortunately
> breaking the cornice and sending the camera and I both hurtling
> towards the large shelf 1500 feet below. As luck would have it, the
> strap slowed the camera down and I was able to grab it just in time
> to snap a few action shots of snow falling off the cornice above
> before the camera and I hit the ledge.
>
> Naturally, I was killed on impact. Dead as a doornail. But the same
> OM-1continues to take pictures to this day.
>
> BBB
>
> Wanna hear the one about the time it took a bullet while covering the
> South Central LA riots?
>
> On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 09:18:16 +0000, Giles wrote:
>
> >
> >Someone on the list once recounted how their OM-4Ti had fallen from a moving
> >truck,
> > had been picked up, then proceeded to work perfectly for the
> >following 10 years or so.
> >
> >I think that qualifies.
> >
> >Perhaps we could embellish the tale slightly before release with some
> >bouncing into
> >the path of an oncoming 18 wheeler, or two trailer road train on the
> >Nullabor, being
> >run over by said vehicle and then having to be prised out of the asphalt
> >(Macadam)
> >with a crow bar;-)
> -
> B.B. Bean - Have horn, will travel
> bbbean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Peach Orchard, MO
> http://www.beancotton.com/bbbean.shtml
>
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