Earl Wrote:
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> HighCommander Wrote:
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> > Stood on that rock in April many years ago with
> > about thirty of my closest friends. We were
> > photographing a rotary run with 3 engines. It
> was
> > crowded and a couple of us were in danger of
> being
> > pushed off the downhill side of the rock. it
> was
> > cold, but the subject matter was spectacular
> > enough that we ignored the bad weather. If I
> can
> > find some pictures of that rotary run I'll post
> > them.
> > Now for the nit picking, I've always heard that
> > that rock was called Kodak Rock ever since the
> > highway was relocated just below windy point.
> > First time I heard this was from Dick Kindig
> back
> > in 1970.
>
>
> Interesting that someone like Kindig would call it
> that back then. RWR (?) shot a pic from it of the
> San Juan. It was on the cover of one the RR
> Annuals back in 1967 or so. Before they cut the
> highway through there it was much tougher to get
> to. You had to hike out to Windy Point, then down
> the hill and out on to the rock, which at that
> time was part of the mountainside that forms Windy
> Point.
>
> For some reason I thought we Chama guys coined the
> name back in the early 80's. I had never heard
> the term before then.
>
> But if someone the likes of Kindig used the name,
> that makes it Official!
Earl,
Thinking back it was probably more like 1974 when I heard Kindig say it was Kodak Rock. Listening to RWR's many stories I never heard him use that term. His stories, and there were Many about Cumbres, were all about the area before the highway was relocated.
Bill G
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/14/2014 11:27PM by HighCommander.
