A friend of mine recalled an incident one day as we were preparing to do a
rock climb in Llanberis Pass, North Wales, many years ago... Seems that
while preparing to ascend a similar rock climb, a free-range sheep took a
skydive from higher above and landed with an awful thud just a few feet
away. The jumper was stone dead on arrival from an unknown but assumed great
height above.
No telling what might come down from above - and from a certain height or
higher it doesn't take much to be from "very dangerous" to deadly. A hardhat
is a wise piece of gear when even within a hundred feet or two of cliffs.
Remember that falling rock or ice may strike an intermediate outcrop, ledge
or spike etc and shatter - sending down objects well away from the general
face.
Cheers,
Lee
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From: "James N. McBride" <jnmcbr@xxxxxxx>
Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: zoom v. prime [was: Re: [OM] Digital SLR ]
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 23:41:52 -0600
Just remember to not stand immediately under the big walls when capturing
those wonderful vistas. Two things come off those walls, rocks and human
waste, and both can be unpleasant and mess up lenses. I just knew you really
wanted to think about that! /jim
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From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of dreammoose
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 5:39 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: zoom v. prime [was: Re: [OM] Digital SLR ]
There are certainly a lot of great WA vistas in Yosemite. There are also
some fascinating 'distant vistas' up on the walls that require a long
lens. Although most of my shots were in the 35-105 range, 200mm was
useful and I got one shot I love with 300mm. Next time, I'm taking
something even longer, and maybe the 18mm as well. It was late winter,
with a dusting of snow while we were there, so the air was clear when
the clouds cleared.
Moose.
Andrew Beals wrote:
>Having dropped by Yosemite NP a few weeks ago to see the sights and by the
way
>snap a few photos, the second thing I noticed after the awful air quality
in
>the main valley was that all of the "serious" camera people were shooting
with
>200mm+ zooms on their cameras. What up with that? If there's anyplace on
the
>planet that cries out for prime lens shooting with a 28mm or wider, it's
>Yosemite. I didn't bring my wide adaptor to screw onto the C2500 so I am
>going to have to do a bit of stitching, just to be able to show some of
the
>amazing vistas.
>
>Of course for photos, Winter is a much better time of year, if only for
the
>better air quality. This reflected in the shooters as well, with the view
>camera crowd being in evidence at the prime viewing sites.
>
>
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