[at-l] OT: Galen Rowell

[icw39@ncfreedom.net (Clark)]

I just had heard the awful news, too - I think there were four killed in
some sort of small plane crash . . . next to Ansel Adams, I think Galen
was my favorite outdoor photographer . . . his textual comments in many
of his "picture" books also were great; he [and all of the four who
apparently perished together] will be missed . . .

thru-thinker

Jim and/or Ginny Owen wrote:

> Don't know if you all had heard, but wilderness photographer and
> mountaineer
> Galen Rowell died in a plane crash on Sunday, along with his wife.  He
> was a
> superb photographer. A friend at work gave me the book, "Mountain Light"
> several years ago and I've spent a lot of time looking at the photos and
> reading the text.  I liked his idea of looking for the transition places -
> between day and night, earth and sky, etc.  And of course, his climbing
> photos were incredible.  Only a climber could get those kind of shots.
> Ginny
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