[at-l] NY-NJ-PA photos and diary posted

[Jim Bullard]

I can but that's cheating because I have a copy that you sent to me so
I won't tell.

On 9/24/06, Raphael Bustin <rafeb at speakeasy.net> wrote:
> At 09:43 AM 9/24/2006 -0400, Ken B wrote:
>
>
>
> >>I'd like to try for a simple 1 or 2 night trip this
> >>fall, specifically "retooled" to bring along some
> >>of the MF or even the LF kit.
> >
> >
> >
> >The thing that keeps me from carrying either MF or LF gear is the tripod.
> >My smallest tripod is still too heavy, since I can't seem to find the cash
> >for a carbon fiber job. With a compact digital (or a 35mm rangefinder), I
> >can carry one of those tiny tripods for longer exposures, and just rest it
> >on a pack or a rock to get some elevation.
> >
> >Still, this isn't a bad idea for a weekend trip. If I could restrict
> >myself to one lens and a couple of film magazines, the medium format kit
> >might be fun. I have so much old film gear that never gets used anymore,
> >maybe this is a way to get back to basics.
>
>
> "Connecticut Yankee" started his thru hike in '90
> with an aluminum tripod strapped across his chest,
> and carried it well into TN/NC, where I last saw him.
> He did finish his thru hike but not with the tripod.
> (He was in Carol Moore's video being interviewed
> somewhere in the Whites.)
>
> Strange to say I've never taken anything heavier
> than the Ricoh into the woods (for photo gear.)
>
> True story.  Years ago I entered a photo contest.
> The subject was to be images from the White
> Mountains.  I submitted about 20 prints.  My faves
> were images take from deep backcountry and the AT.
> But the image that was chosen was of the *&%!#
> cog railway on Mt. Washington.
>
> <http://www.terrapinphoto.com/publications.html>
>
> PS. There's another A.T. photo on that page.
> Can you spot it?  [No, Felix, it's not the nude.]
>
>
> rafe b
> aka terrapin
>
>
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