notfred's vacation pics

[notfred]

I was gone last week. Here are the pics.

Some are nicer than others. I hope you enjoy them. If anyone really wants a higher res version of any of them, I have them.

The captions aren't all real descriptive. The pictures are of Sandia Peak, NM; Mesa Verde Nat'l Park, CO; Carlsbad Caverns Nat'l Park, NM; and the Grand Canyon, if I didn't make it obvious on the page...

 

[wfbberzerker]

cool.

 

[Sid59]

those cliff dwellings are cool.

gotta work on those underexposed backlight pictures =D

 

[The Stigenator]

nice..

we got to meet up after i get back this weekend..

me like the pics..

Did bri go along? - duh i should have gone to the next pic..



cool..

 

[imported_Mike]

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[notfred]

Originally posted by: CheapArse
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I threw a rock straight out from the edge, and it took about 10-11 seconds before we heard it hit the ground at the bottom. If anyone wants to calculate how high that is, you're welcome to.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: CheapArse
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I threw a rock straight out from the edge, and it took about 10-11 seconds before we heard it hit the ground at the bottom. If anyone wants to calculate how high that is, you're welcome to.

490-592.9 meters using distance = initial velocity * time + 0.5 * acceleration * time^2.

This is assuming you just dropped the rock or threw the rock straight horizontally. And it's inital velocity equalling 0. Also using 9.8m/s^2 as the acceleration. And leaving out a whole bunch of other sh!t.

But hey, that's a pretty far fall regardless

 

[DanTMWTMP]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: CheapArse
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I threw a rock straight out from the edge, and it took about 10-11 seconds before we heard it hit the ground at the bottom. If anyone wants to calculate how high that is, you're welcome to.

man i will never ever be able to get myself that close to the edge..i'm DEATHLY afraid of hieghts.


anyways, those are friggin awesome pics.

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: CheapArse
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oh man that's scary

on a side note that reminds me of half-life

 

[DAGTA]

Signs at the Grand Canyon state that it's an average of 1 mile drop to the bottom and an average of 10 miles across from south rim to north rim. The north rim is also an average of 1000 feet higher in altitude than the south rim.

 

[Ogg]

:thumbsup:

/me misses the southwest alittle bit

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: CheapArse
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:Q

I threw a rock straight out from the edge, and it took about 10-11 seconds before we heard it hit the ground at the bottom. If anyone wants to calculate how high that is, you're welcome to.

man i will never ever be able to get myself that close to the edge..i'm DEATHLY afraid of hieghts.


anyways, those are friggin awesome pics.

creeping to the edge and sitting is fine... it's standing there that's the real challenge... hell no...

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: CheapArse
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:Q

I threw a rock straight out from the edge, and it took about 10-11 seconds before we heard it hit the ground at the bottom. If anyone wants to calculate how high that is, you're welcome to.

490-592.9 meters using distance = initial velocity * time + 0.5 * acceleration * time^2.

This is assuming you just dropped the rock or threw the rock straight horizontally. And it's inital velocity equalling 0. Also using 9.8m/s^2 as the acceleration. And leaving out a whole bunch of other sh!t.

But hey, that's a pretty far fall regardless

Wow, that's farther than I thought. :Q

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Hehe, I thought I had posted a response. Wonder where that went

Anyway nice pics.

Thought it was going to be all about sand and Gila Monsters

 

[ggavinmoss]

Nice pics.

If you ever start a charity telethon, your friend Ryan can be one of "Notfred's Special People."

-geoff

 

[maziwanka]

amazing scenery

 

[Shelly21]

Nice, She's got sharp teeth.

 

[ThePresence]

Nice shots, what kinda camera?

 

[Mr N8]

Nice shots! A polarizing filter would have done wonders for most of your pics with the sun in them.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: ThePresence
Nice shots, what kinda camera?

It's an OLD Kodak DC3400 2mp camera. It was about $500 when I got it, and it's worth about $25 now. I want a new one.

 

[pg22]

Why didn't you go into the Grand Canyon?

 

[Electric Amish]

Everywhere but Utah??


Weak.

 

[pyonir]

You came to Arizona and you didn't call me?

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: pg22
Why didn't you go into the Grand Canyon?

Not enough time. Had we been there for several days, we might have hiked down a ways.

 

[Danman]

Wow, nice.