Re: Congratulations Steve!
Author: Sasquatch
Date: 12-17-2010 - 10:09

Great idea on the ledge, but I do want to pass on a heads-up. I've done some photography from that ledge as well as some restoration of the rockface, painting out grafitti that some moron sprayed up there one year. (I call it "re-naturalizing" it). And I want to point out that that rock is some crumbly talus-type rock that you really have to be careful of where you place your feet. I was standing there shooting a shot when a piece of seemingly solid ledge beneath my foot just flat-out gave way and my foot dropped, hit the next ledge piece, and wrenced my ankle over sideways the worst I've ever felt. Talk about letting out a thunderous Sasquach holler--yikes~! That hurt like heck, and if I had not been able to grab a rock and catch my foot on the next piece of ledge, I'd have tumbled down the rock wall in a very unkind skull-banging manor. So, seriously, always remember that the Cascades rock walls are a crumbly, loose type of rock that can not be trusted, so make sure of your footing and have an escape route planned should you experience a ledge crumbling out from under you like I did. That said, I agree with Martin that it's a great angle and you can get some different and nice shots there.

--Tom



Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  Congratulations Steve! Jim700 12-14-2010 - 23:52
  Re: Congratulations Steve! J 12-15-2010 - 04:27
  Re: Congratulations Steve! Tom Moungovan 12-15-2010 - 06:40
  Re: Congratulations Steve! Bruce Kelly 12-15-2010 - 08:55
  Re: Congratulations Steve! Martin Burwash 12-15-2010 - 09:40
  Re: Congratulations Steve! Martin Burwash 12-15-2010 - 09:57
  Optical Illusion Can You See It? 12-15-2010 - 21:43
  Re: Optical Illusion No we can't. 12-16-2010 - 02:34
  Re: Optical Illusion Martin Burwash 12-16-2010 - 09:02
  Re: Optical Illusion Freericks 12-16-2010 - 14:28
  Re: Optical Illusion Can You See It? 12-16-2010 - 21:49
  Re: Optical Illusion Freericks 12-17-2010 - 15:40
  Re: Congratulations Steve! Steve Carter 12-16-2010 - 16:44
  Re: Congratulations Steve! Sasquatch 12-17-2010 - 10:09
  Re: Congratulations Steve! Martin Burwash 12-17-2010 - 18:45


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