Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Larry, I like the first one, viewed large. I have a lot of respect for what you and your wife can accomplish at your age. As you may recall, I'm not far behind you in age, but a long way behind in energy! Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lawrence Zeitlin" <lrzeitlin at gmail.com> To: "Leica LUG" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 7:31 PM Subject: [Leica] Winter masochism > In the height of the New England blizzard my wife and I went for our > annual > XC ski vacation. We usually ski two to four weeks in Vermont, sometimes in > Canada, once in Gulmarg in Kashmir. It is masochism in the cold. My wife, > raised as a Norwegian farm girl, is a better skier than I although more > conservative. Skiing for rural Norwegians was an essential form of winter > transportation, not a sport. One of her earliest memories was riding on > her > big brother's shoulders while they skied to the one room schoolhouse. The > way she tells the story it must have been uphill both ways. I learned to > XC > ski during a winter assignment at Canada's Ft. Churchill during the Korean > War. The temperature averaged -48 C but it was a relief after a year of > ducking North Korean bullets. The pictures were taken by my wife with a > tiny > Canon camera. Cross country skiing has a lot of parallels with > photography, > a subject that I would be happy to expound on if anyone asks. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Larry+xc+ski+2.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Larry+XC+ski.jpg.html > > Larry Z > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >