Re: Another three pix
| October 07, 2015 09:42PM |
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Beautiful, John -
As always, especially the one near m.p. 309. I can't help being a bit jealous
of you young whipper-snappers who still have the ability to get up on those
rocky hillsides without losing your balance!
For example, here's Chris Webster perched on the exact same spot from which I took a photo of The Toltec Rattler passing through Phantom Curve nearly 43 years ago - after a climb which I didn't even THINK of attempting last week: *
Here's an example of how we Senior Curmudgeons SHOULD behave - a little too close to the edge, maybe, but basically on solid ground ...
- Roosso
* See [ngdiscussion.net] for a cropped version of the photo in question.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/19/2015 11:09PM by Russo Loco.
As always, especially the one near m.p. 309. I can't help being a bit jealous
of you young whipper-snappers who still have the ability to get up on those
rocky hillsides without losing your balance!
For example, here's Chris Webster perched on the exact same spot from which I took a photo of The Toltec Rattler passing through Phantom Curve nearly 43 years ago - after a climb which I didn't even THINK of attempting last week: *
Here's an example of how we Senior Curmudgeons SHOULD behave - a little too close to the edge, maybe, but basically on solid ground ...
- Roosso
* See [ngdiscussion.net] for a cropped version of the photo in question.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/19/2015 11:09PM by Russo Loco.
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