... I bet not many remembers this... long gone... probably the only photo in existence... nice shade tree at the top of 'Casparis Point'... someone set it on fire years ago and it toppled - was old, hollow and dry at the end - still no excuse...
..."learn't" to rappel off that old tree - armed with Royal Robbins 'Basic Rockcraft', 150ft/11mm Bluewater rope and enough ovals to create a 'carabiner brake', as described by Royal...
... sweatin' like a...... anyway, hope you're right, Royal - about a 100ft splatter (not a "lightweight" at the time - 230+ and "buff") - worked like a charm - by the way, the right side of that point was also a decent place to practice gear placement...
... Ha!.. here's another one - who's this chick unroped at 'Opperman Cave' - got to the top and was afraid to downclimb - told her don't do it to begin with - made it safely back down - all the way I'm braced to field a "fly ball" (ha-ha)....
...one more... Westmoreland County Community College (WCCC) used to offer some pretty cool courses - here we are in 'Hot Air Balloon' class - that's course instructor and master balloonist John Addison's 'Raven' balloon anchored to the school grounds during a tethered instruction "flight" - John and I aboard in the basket... he used to smoke some pretty good cigars... was a few hundred bucks away from pursuing a pilots license and purchasing a balloon - if it wasn't for all the necessary (early morning) ground support, would have one... by the way, Fred Gunter/Exkursion Outfitters (http://www.exkursion.com/) used to conduct a climbing course there, as well.
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