Re: Phraud-O-Grapher's Map of Trail to Rogers Rock . . .
| May 30, 2022 01:52PM |
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Jimr260 Wrote:
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> Spectacular view!!
KevinM Wrote:
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> I've shot this location on a number of charters
> and it is a beautiful spot that really puts things
> in perspective. You’ll see a teeny, tiny train in
> a grand landscape. The sound show is also
> worth the effort to get there. For those who
> have not been there, it is a bit of a kick-ass
> climb until you get acclimated to the altitude,
> which is above 10,000 ft. Folks who are not
> in good shape may want to give it a pass.
> There is no medical treatment close by.
Roger Hogan Wrote:
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> I agree the climb is difficult but doable. IMHO
> the weight of a large lens gets heaver the far-
> ther up the hill you get.
hank Wrote:
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> Seems that way but, according to Sir Isaac, it
> actually weighs less. Force goes down with
> the square of the distance between the cen-
> ters of mass of two objects. Only a trivially
> small amount climbing a hill, or Mt. Everest
> for that matter, but it does go down as you
> go away from the Center of the Earth.
IMHO, Jim and Kevin are right about the view and the sound effects. Fabulous!!
And while Hank is technically correct about gravity, I'll have to agree with Roger about the apparent weight of large lenses. But I think what is really going on is not so much the effect of gravity being inversely proportional to the square of the distance from the center of the earth but of energy being inversely proportional to the square of a Curmudgeon's age. IIRC, as a wild-eyed Foamer from (sea-level) California I was able to lug a Mamiya RB-67 with a 180-mm lens and a sturdy tripod all the way to the top of Roger's Rock back in 2005 at age 63, but only made it about halfway up the trail in 2012 at age 70 (only one year after quadruple bypass heart surgery). In any event, for those willing to invest a lot of energy to get a big reward, here's an enlargement of the Cumbres Pass corner of the map I posted for visiting Phraud-O-Graphers ® several years ago that shows – very approximately – the zig-zag trail south to Roger's Rock as well as a trail to the north side of Windy Point that also offers an interesting overview of the railroad:
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/31/2022 12:10AM by Russo Loco.
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> Spectacular view!!
KevinM Wrote:
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> I've shot this location on a number of charters
> and it is a beautiful spot that really puts things
> in perspective. You’ll see a teeny, tiny train in
> a grand landscape. The sound show is also
> worth the effort to get there. For those who
> have not been there, it is a bit of a kick-ass
> climb until you get acclimated to the altitude,
> which is above 10,000 ft. Folks who are not
> in good shape may want to give it a pass.
> There is no medical treatment close by.
Roger Hogan Wrote:
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> I agree the climb is difficult but doable. IMHO
> the weight of a large lens gets heaver the far-
> ther up the hill you get.
hank Wrote:
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> Seems that way but, according to Sir Isaac, it
> actually weighs less. Force goes down with
> the square of the distance between the cen-
> ters of mass of two objects. Only a trivially
> small amount climbing a hill, or Mt. Everest
> for that matter, but it does go down as you
> go away from the Center of the Earth.
IMHO, Jim and Kevin are right about the view and the sound effects. Fabulous!!
And while Hank is technically correct about gravity, I'll have to agree with Roger about the apparent weight of large lenses. But I think what is really going on is not so much the effect of gravity being inversely proportional to the square of the distance from the center of the earth but of energy being inversely proportional to the square of a Curmudgeon's age. IIRC, as a wild-eyed Foamer from (sea-level) California I was able to lug a Mamiya RB-67 with a 180-mm lens and a sturdy tripod all the way to the top of Roger's Rock back in 2005 at age 63, but only made it about halfway up the trail in 2012 at age 70 (only one year after quadruple bypass heart surgery). In any event, for those willing to invest a lot of energy to get a big reward, here's an enlargement of the Cumbres Pass corner of the map I posted for visiting Phraud-O-Graphers ® several years ago that shows – very approximately – the zig-zag trail south to Roger's Rock as well as a trail to the north side of Windy Point that also offers an interesting overview of the railroad:
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/31/2022 12:10AM by Russo Loco.
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