Pike's Peak Redux
Seeing as how I haven't had time to shoot much these past several months, I thought it might be time to actually look at some of the Pike's Peak photos that I've been ignoring. I started this blog with a couple images from that mountain but simply ran out of time to upload any more. The drive up was breath-taking. I don't think I had ever been to that altitude before, at least not outside a pressurized airplane cabin. I didn't notice the thin air so much during the drive up but when we arrived at the top, I got out of the car and bent over to pick something up... that's when it hit me and I almost blacked out. Whew. It's a weird feeling to be standing still and be out of breath. Home for me is at 800 feet. Being quickly transported to over 14,000 feet is a bit of a shock to the system.
Most of these were taken with my little Nikon 880. I didn't feel like lugging anything heavier around if I wasn't really close to the car. Wimpy, I know.
Here we're looking down the south face of the mountain toward Colorado Springs. The view in every direction was amazing.
End of the line! Here are the buffers for the cog train. That is one stop I'd hate to miss!
Can you hear me now? Never one to be out of touch, Dad makes a cell call at more than two-and-a-half miles above sea level.
Ansel Adams takes another photo. Not sure about the crouch. Look for his retrospective, coming soon to a coffee table near you.
Isn't he just a little slice of sexy? Now I know where I got my good looks.
The Pike's Peak drive for us was very interesting. There are signs all over warning drivers to use low gears and stay off the brakes as much as possible. That's fine for you people with gasoline engines. Diesels don't have throttles like gas-powered cars, so there's nothing to stop air from entering the cylinders — no matter which gear I selected, we just went faster and faster! Thank goodness my brakes took the extra heat well and kept us from flying off the side of the mountain! On the plus side, the turbo spooled up quickly and was a lot louder at that altitude. Like music to my ears!
One of the many hairpin turns on the mountain. If you're a fan of racing (or a fan of insane driving), you owe it to yourself to watch the video of Ari Vatanen's record-breaking run in a Peugeot 405 T16 in 1988. We took it somewhat slower and didn't four-wheel drift nearly as much.
http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2674471
And here's another photo of Crystal Reservoir, very similar to the one posted (way) below. However, the processing and treatment are much different.
Most of these were taken with my little Nikon 880. I didn't feel like lugging anything heavier around if I wasn't really close to the car. Wimpy, I know.
Here we're looking down the south face of the mountain toward Colorado Springs. The view in every direction was amazing.
End of the line! Here are the buffers for the cog train. That is one stop I'd hate to miss!
Can you hear me now? Never one to be out of touch, Dad makes a cell call at more than two-and-a-half miles above sea level.
Ansel Adams takes another photo. Not sure about the crouch. Look for his retrospective, coming soon to a coffee table near you.
Isn't he just a little slice of sexy? Now I know where I got my good looks.
The Pike's Peak drive for us was very interesting. There are signs all over warning drivers to use low gears and stay off the brakes as much as possible. That's fine for you people with gasoline engines. Diesels don't have throttles like gas-powered cars, so there's nothing to stop air from entering the cylinders — no matter which gear I selected, we just went faster and faster! Thank goodness my brakes took the extra heat well and kept us from flying off the side of the mountain! On the plus side, the turbo spooled up quickly and was a lot louder at that altitude. Like music to my ears!
One of the many hairpin turns on the mountain. If you're a fan of racing (or a fan of insane driving), you owe it to yourself to watch the video of Ari Vatanen's record-breaking run in a Peugeot 405 T16 in 1988. We took it somewhat slower and didn't four-wheel drift nearly as much.
http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2674471
And here's another photo of Crystal Reservoir, very similar to the one posted (way) below. However, the processing and treatment are much different.
posted by Available Light at 9:42 PM
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That one of your dad on the cell phone is almost surreal.
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