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...> wrote:
>
> After I sent that last email with the comment about
hurting, I
figured
> maybe I better do some explaining.
>
>
> I went hiking with my son and DIL today - we hiked
along the east
coast
> of the island so I could take pictures of a lighthouse
that is
built
> against a cliff. I wore my old hiking boots and
took a small
camera
> bag that straps across my chest and rides on my hip.
The 28-200
was in
> the bag and I carried the D50 with 70-300 VR lens
attached. As we
> rounded a bend in the trail, there was the lighthouse
clinging to
the
> cliff - the light was perfect! There was a ledge about
3 feet
below the
> trail that looked like it would be good place to shoot
- getting
to the
> ledge meant I had to step over a line of small boulders
and then
step
> down to the ledge. Camera bag was on my left hip, D50
was on a
strap
> around my neck - I was holding the body by the right
side and had a
good
> grip on it
>
> What I did not know was that during the hike the sole
of my boot
was
> working loose. As I tried to step over the boulder the
front of
the
> boot sole broke loose and flipped down - it caught the
boulder and
I
> pitched forward.
>
> Everything went into slow motion as I went airborne
in a forward
> trajectory - my camera-holding right arm and VR was
going to hit
the
> ground first! All I could think of was SAVE THE
CAMERA! I used
the
> neck strap as leverage to swing the camera/lens to the
far left
away
> from the ground as I twisted my torso so my right side
and should
hit
> the ground first. Seismographs island wide jumped a
notch as I
landed
> like a ton of bricks.
>
> I was back up on my feet checking the camera
immediately! I had
the
> hood on the VR lens and it had a smudge of dust on the
side where
it
> brushed the ground after I was horizontal. There was
no dreaded
EEE in
> the LCD. I quick took a couple shots of the lighthouse
just to
make
> sure it was working okay. Son's comment: Ma, I can't
believe you
kept
> the camera from hitting the ground!! Confirmation that
I really
had
> protected my beloved D50!!
>
> After a quick medical assessment from our resident MD
- my leg
and
> elbow cuts were washed and I was deemed fit to continue
the hike.
It
> was not until I got home, transfered the photos to the
PC,
converted
> them to JPG, and uploaded to flickr that the adrenalin
rush
dissipated
> and the aches and pains started! I ache all over!!
This ol'
lady is
> not used to so much excitement! I'm gonna sleep well
tonight!
> Tomorrow I buy new hiking boots!
>
>
> I just uploaded some photos of the lighthouse and a
couple area
resident.
>
> Aloha,
> Pam
>
> See the world through AuntyFrog's eyes:
>