Mount Washington Featured in February National Geographic

[mtruman]

Somehow, after leaving as a permanent staff member a year and a half ago, "Hollywood" Jim Salge was still able to make it into the online version through a caption of one of the photos:

"'It's only a little over 6,000 feet,' says former observatory staffer Jim Salge, 'but people misjudge this place all the time.'"

Your legacy lives on Jim, haha.

I didn't mention any names for fear of setting something like this off

Do we detect a note of bitterness Brian?

[KD Talbot]

"Do we detect a note of bitterness Brian? "

No, but here's some:

Marty Basch asked me for some shots to put on the cover of the winter issue of Windswept. I was mildly disappointed when it arrived and I saw one of mine had not made it. Then there was all this hub-bub about National Geo, so I looked at the Windswept cover again, and sure enough, I had been bumped for, of all things, a Nat Geo photographer! Wow!

Well, if I've got to be bumped, at least it was by one of the best!

KDT

[Steve M]

"Do we detect a note of bitterness Brian? "

No, but here's some:

Marty Basch asked me for some shots to put on the cover of the winter issue of Windswept. I was mildly disappointed when it arrived and I saw one of mine had not made it. Then there was all this hub-bub about National Geo, so I looked at the Windswept cover again, and sure enough, I had been bumped for, of all things, a Nat Geo photographer! Wow!

Well, if I've got to be bumped, at least it was by one of the best!

KDT

There is always the spring, Kevin.

[Charlie]

Congratulations to Scot and everyone
i hope this hits the OBS big time with members and supporters

[RI Swamp Yankee]

The story made the front page of the weekend edition of Conway Daily Sun. Anyone can download the PDF version of the entire weekend edition at this link:
http://www.laconiadailysun.com/pdf/2009/1/17.pdf
(Yes, it is hosted on the Laconia Daily Sun site)

A picture of The Conway Daily Sun front page and story highlights is available at this link:
http://www.mountwashingtonvalley.com/ All the links on that page require a paid subscription but the PDF download is free.

[mtruman]

Was in the doctors waiting room this afternoon and the Feb National Geographic was on the table. First time I had seen the Mount Washington article in print. I was amazed at how much better it was than when I read it on the web site. I think the flow of the text and photos and the size of the photos made the difference. Definitely worth finding the print copy if you haven't seen it yet...