KoNickon
Nick Merritt
Very interesting and extensive NY Times article: Ghosts on the Glacier
Great testimonial to a Nikkormat (or rather, a Nikomat) and (maybe) the 43-86, as well as Kodachrome.
Great testimonial to a Nikkormat (or rather, a Nikomat) and (maybe) the 43-86, as well as Kodachrome.
Ko.Fe.
Lenses 35/21 Gears 46/20
Must be really good. They want me to pay to see it.
KoNickon
Nick Merritt
LOL -- sorry, maybe someone else knows how to get around their paywall.
Darthfeeble
But you can call me Steve
I googled the name of the article and from those results got into the article but when I posted the link to it the results were the same, gotta pay.
Freakscene
Obscure member
There is no way around the paywall, but I subscribe to the NYT.
The story is outlined here:
An American party that tried to ascend Aconcagua by the difficult Polish Glacier route in 1973. They ran into trouble and Janet Johnson, a 36 year old teacher with an interesting back story, and John Cooper, a 35 year old NASA engineer, died. In 2020 Johnson’s body and camera were found. The film had quite a few shots of the expedition, which make it less clear exactly what happened.
I have climbed Aconcagua, but not by that route. It is still odd to think that the camera was sitting there on the other side of the massif, frozen in the Polish Glacier as I climbed.
Janet Johnson had a similar personality to most really accomplished alpinists I have met - super driven, with something to prove to herself, and maybe to others too. Ultimately I gave up climbing because of age and risk aversion, but I never really belonged among climbers anyway. I was always just curious, not really hungry to ascend.
Maybe if @Peter_S sees this he can look at the story and comment. He is an avalanche engineer and an extremely accomplished climber.
Marty
The story is outlined here:
AAC Publications - Janet Mae Johnson, 1935-1973
JANET MAE JOHNSON1935-1973On or about February 1, 1973, Janet Johnson died of exhaustion and exposure near the summit of Aconcagua. She was with a ...
publications.americanalpineclub.org
An American party that tried to ascend Aconcagua by the difficult Polish Glacier route in 1973. They ran into trouble and Janet Johnson, a 36 year old teacher with an interesting back story, and John Cooper, a 35 year old NASA engineer, died. In 2020 Johnson’s body and camera were found. The film had quite a few shots of the expedition, which make it less clear exactly what happened.
I have climbed Aconcagua, but not by that route. It is still odd to think that the camera was sitting there on the other side of the massif, frozen in the Polish Glacier as I climbed.
Janet Johnson had a similar personality to most really accomplished alpinists I have met - super driven, with something to prove to herself, and maybe to others too. Ultimately I gave up climbing because of age and risk aversion, but I never really belonged among climbers anyway. I was always just curious, not really hungry to ascend.
Maybe if @Peter_S sees this he can look at the story and comment. He is an avalanche engineer and an extremely accomplished climber.
Marty
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Deleted member 65559
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Seems you can get by it on Firefox....& typing in the article title brings you to a Reddit link
Darthfeeble
But you can call me Steve
I retraced my steps and see that it's the reddit post that I got to.
shawn
Veteran
Where would undeveloped Kodadhrome film found in 2020 have been developed?
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Deleted member 65559
Guest
Apparently it was developed in Winnipeg at a place that deals in 'recovery' of old films.
Freakscene
Obscure member
They were developed as B&W and colorised with AI.
Freakscene
Obscure member
They used Home
wlewisiii
Just another hotel clerk
Interesting, I got to read it
so it worked for a bit at least.shawn
Veteran
Ahh, that makes sense.