Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well done Larry. I attempted to learn to ski when I lived in Switzerland between 2000 and 2003 (and on later occasions during trips to Val d'Isere) but concluded that strapping things to my feet and going out into the snow, whether on flat or hilly land, is just not what I was meant for. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog YNWA On Jan 13, 2011, at 2:31 AM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > 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 >