Tim Seaver
Well-known member
Sunday had a split personality in the Southern Presis - sunny and warm on one side, and icy and cold on the other.
The undercast to the West began to break up around 10 or so.
I was using Joby's new GorillaPod Focus tripod, which is something I have been waiting for! It's basically an oversized version of their smaller 'pods, made with better materials - It holds my 5D and a 25-105 f4 without a problem. Only 1.1 lb.
You can use whatever small ball head you want on it. Great for cairns!:
(Notice how much the white has faded between the two pictures above)
Then, after all that beautiful sun and no wind...going down the Ammo really sucked. Tremendous amounts of water ice, verglas and hideous invisible black ice, with no snow to pad any falls - quite dangerous, regardless of footwear. I would have been much better off continuing to the Jewell Trail, which would have been way less icy, to get back to the base station. Something to remember for next time!
The undercast to the West began to break up around 10 or so.
I was using Joby's new GorillaPod Focus tripod, which is something I have been waiting for! It's basically an oversized version of their smaller 'pods, made with better materials - It holds my 5D and a 25-105 f4 without a problem. Only 1.1 lb.
You can use whatever small ball head you want on it. Great for cairns!:
(Notice how much the white has faded between the two pictures above)
Then, after all that beautiful sun and no wind...going down the Ammo really sucked. Tremendous amounts of water ice, verglas and hideous invisible black ice, with no snow to pad any falls - quite dangerous, regardless of footwear. I would have been much better off continuing to the Jewell Trail, which would have been way less icy, to get back to the base station. Something to remember for next time!
