Dolomite WW1 Troop path VI by aangus
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Exiting the blackness of the troop tunnel.
The Lagazuoi.
^^/\^^
Thanks to all the staff at Colletts in Arabba, for all their welcome, enthusiasm and help.
~@~
At one point, on the way down a steep zig-zagging path, I put my camera back in its case and then stupidly dropped it.
To my horror it bounced and tumbled down possibly 150 feet and out of sight.
There were about 10 of us in the group, and although everyone helped me looked for it as they made their way down, it got to a point that it couldn't have gone much further.
It was obvious that the group wouldn't spend too much time helping me look for it and were anxious to get down, I don't blame them as it was a long wet day and the camera couldn't be one piece after such a fall.
I felt sick as I started to think of the hundreds of pictures I was about to loose and scrabbled about in growing panic searching for it.
Then from high up behind us came the shout of "GOT IT!".
We had all managed to pass the camera by, but Robert,(pictured here in red) one of the Colletts organisers had held back and searched an area we had missed further up and found it!
The real surprise was that it works fine, although its sporting a hefty dent on top. The case is heavily padded, this is the second camera its saved like this, a worthwhile invertment I think.
I promised Robert a couple of beers which I still owe him so I'll have to go back again next year.
Comments (11)
kimariehere
glad you found your camera ... man i bet you were sweating a bit!! ... my daughter dropped my new nikon and i have been worried too but it seems to work the same.. no padding on mine though yikes..need to invest in something like that!!
kenwas
These rock formations are incredible and beautifully captured as always.
sharky_
Fantastic Capture. Aloha
lejimi
You must be the luckiest man on earth and I think this Robert earned a good meal instead of a beer ! My old camera felt from less than one meter... and died ! It wasn't a good camera, but it made good pictures...
jcv2
There are those moments of spontaneous hugs to express gratitude and this could have been one of them! What a joy to get back the cam! Fortunately there are those people! :) Fantastic work!
marybelgium
great serie ! fantastic !
Margana
How fortunate Robert continued to look with you.Indeed you owe him at least that.Its amazing your cam survived!And from the looks of this shot its just as good as ever.Wonderfully textured and detailed.Your story had me totally sympathetic.Tkanks for sharing. :)
oscilis
Excellent feeling of the size of this place. Super textures. Like the seies very much.
ralfy
Lucky, lucky, lucky! Great shot here, impressive via ferrata! Fantastic!
addiek
the rocks look a wee bit crumbly... maybe the fall was softer than first thought... even so... that's how to give em character huh?
Punaguy
Yikes! Another dropped camera story...150ft and no damage except a ding? Man were you lucky...I've heard of people getting out of there cars and hitting it on the way out and the camera stopped working...Glad everything is fine or we would be missing these great images....Well done! Aloha~