#2D Animation Package?
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Mt Ashland! Just about 20 miles across the border from California, off
Hiway 5. Great downhill and cross-country. Or Mt. Shasta, 1 hour
south, in Calif. You can ski on that hill all your life and not see
all of it.
Mt. Shasta sounds like fun. Lots of "out of bounds" skiing?
John Tissavary (La Luna cie)
Once upon a time some of us went up Mt Shasta for cross-country skiing
and had, as our goal, a stone cottage way-station kind of deal. Took
so long to get there, and we were not even beyond tree-line, that it
was pitch dark by the time we got back down to the car. Several of
us, myself included, were pretty sure we were going to get
disoriented and lost. (That is a *big* hill!) It had been warm on the
way up and the snow got soft. Then as afternoon wore on, if froze
again. There was about 1/2" layer of ice on everything. The slopes
were about 30 degrees. I fell so much I ended up walking down in
thigh-deep snow for the last hour and a half or so. Sounds quite the
adventure now. At the time, however, I was *highly* miserable. Seems
to me I was a grouch the rest of the night, too. We'd left our
guitars at the shop where we rented skis and I *really* wanted to get
back before it closed and I was forced to go 75 miles back home
without it. That reminds me of the woman I was seeing at the time,
who got me into that mess. Boy, am I glad SHE'S out of my life! <BG>
DT
I love stories like that. I was rock climbing in Tuolmne Meadows
(Yosimite) a couple of years back and got caught in a flash hailstorm
in a T-shirt and shorts. My T-shirt was frozen to my back, and I was
lead climbing a fairly delicate peice of rock with torrents of water
crashing on my head. Talk about exciting. My ex-girlfriend/climbing
partner almost got hypothermia on the way down. We both remember
that day with fondness and terror.
Yeah, I'm hip to Tuolomne Meadows. Gorgeous! Last time I was there I was too
small to do serious climbing tho'. I *do* recall my dad's car getting vapor
lock so we had to pull over for a while. I wandered off into the woods (GOOD
boy!) jumped up onto a big log and saw the *largest* alligator lizard I ever
saw before or since! Seriously, it was a good 4 feet long! Had a head shaped
like an arrowhead, had to be at least 4 1/2 – 5 inches long. I held still and
it crept back out from under the log s-l-o-w-l-y, so I was able to scope it out
pretty well. Then my mom called me and I fled the mini-Cretaceous period back
to the car (bummer). Your rock/hail story is a good one, too. When you come
through something like that relatively unscathed it's much more fun to look
back on, but feels good to have had the adventure.
DT
Quite a story, David. I hope you got your guitar back…
-Alan
Oh, yeah. We got back to the shop with several moments to spare. By
that time I had nearly thawed out and had gotten over the fact that
one of my skis had cracked (as I think back and recall more and more
details of the trip). I got the guitar back and it is the blonde
Guild I use on acoustic gigs to this day. BTW, my current band is
breaking up. Our last gig is New Year's Eve at Shari's Still… 23rd
and Burnham, for those of you who may want to (or will despite your
best efforts) be in Milwaukee over New Year's. The bass player is
trying to adopt a responsible life style and quitting music is one of
the gestures he's making to that end. (HA! Good luck!) It's not worth
it to me to try to find another one, since he and I are most of the
dynamic in the group. I'm thinking of trying to form a repertoireless
group devoted to exploratory music aimed at the attainment of
ecstatic states of consciousness. In this town… I dunno…. Feel
like migrating? <g>
DT
Great story, David! This kind of stuff always brings a chuckle..I'm sorry to
hear about your band breaking up, though. Isn't it *always* the Bass player
with these things? (OK, all you Bass guys — it's only a joke!)
The chances of me migrating to Milwaukee (I'm in the process of buying a house
— Escrow opens tomorrow) are roughly that of the National Debt being paid of
by the 4th quarter of this year!<g> Actually, I'm sure Milwaukee can be a
pretty cool (no pun, honest!) place but I'm commited to SolCal *at least* until
I can go hide on a South Seas island somewhere.
See ya,
-Alan
Alan,
>> I'm commited to SolCal *at least* until I can go hide on a South Seas island
somewhere. <<
Ah hah! At last, your true long-term intentions! You're going to move to
Australia after all <g,d&r>
South Seas! Hmmm, I feel he had something like Bora-Bora in mind when he said
that. I know I had!
It's true, Gus, I did. But Martin makes a very convincing case for old
'roo-land. Seems you can find just about anything you may be looking for down
there, and a lot of stuff you'd never even expect!
-Alan
Yea, there may be problems getting enough power for a handful of computers and
tape decks in a thatched hut in Bora-Bora!
Although I'd doubt it, it sure would be nice if by that time there would be
some way to get a little solar power in a reasonable fashion, 'cause I expect
to have a lot of sun wherever I wind up!
-Alan
He will use one of the bikes connected to the -whatever the name it have-
electricity generator. After a few months, he will be able to win the Tour de
France or the Italian Giro! 🙂
ana /krazy images
Hey, that's one Big Island we're talkin' about, Martin, but you could be right,
after all! I *was* thinkin' about one of those little ones, but after those
glowing reports from OZ-land I wouldn't count it out. (you can get to Japan SO
easy!…)
Now, we just have to convince YOU to hang around for a decade or so…<g>
-Alan
Alan,
>> Now, we just have to convince YOU to hang around for a decade or so…<g> <<
Well Andrea may have here own plans in that direction. It may still be a tough
sell for her. Let's see where did I put my mega-salesman tips and tricks
books…<g>
Yes, it's always the bass player. In addition to the highly unprofitable group
I mentioned yestiddy, I'm also thinking of hawking myself as a bass player. I'm
good and there's a lot easier chance of getting into a decent band than as a
guitarist. Everybody and his dog is a guitar player these days, and they're all
pretty good. (What was that chord? Woof! Oh yeah…)
You don't think the debt will be paid off this year!!!??? Boy, I gotta talk to
my astrologer! <g>
DT
I agree with the bass player thing. Aside from a few "guest" recording
appearances, the only pro ($$$) music I ever did was play bass and "the stick"
(even less of those around) in band for a couple of years. I don't like the
music buisness, though.
jt
You played a stick?! Still have it? I was always intrigued by those things.
They used the tap technique *way* before Eddie (now Edward) Van Halen
popularized it or Stanley Jordan exploited it in jazz music. Bass and melody
with either hand. Were you any good at it? I've always wanted a stick and a
harp. Harps are big bucks, tho'…
BTW, sysops, might be time to move this to the TAKE 5 area…
DT
I don't have the stick anymore. I sold it during hard times several years
back. Probably couldn't play one anymore, either. I found the just two or
three days off that thing and I'd feel like a raw beginner again. Not an easy
instrument to play, and I never really mastered it like Emmet Chapman
(inventor) and some other folks. But I'm not as good as them on any
instrument, so…
John Tissavary (La Luna cie)
He-He…The dog thing was funny. Yup, like a Berkley-grad buddy of mine once
said (way back in '69, "*everyone's* a guitar player."
-Alan