151 Sunday Oct 31

Sunday Oct 31 Day 151

I have just discovered a tragedy. Three days ago the Snows were out in in crystal blue sky and the sun shinning magnificently. I went out and taped them for posterity. Unfortunately, the problem of me not checking the “record light” was in full effect. I had turned off the camera as I started to record (perhaps I was distracted by taking a family picture for a passing tourist). So I did not get any good shots of the mountains. I subsequently turned the camera on just before putting it away. I got 23 minutes of black (the colors were spectacular) for my effort. At the next location I sighted in the shots I wanted to take (not realizing I was recording them) and turned the camera off to take the shots. Many times I take a backup shot and so I do have a good shot of the full range of the Snows but not all the various shots I wanted. The viewers of the DVD will never know what is missing.

I appear to be on the mend. Breakfast tasted good and my mind is working. I have been logging but the power is fluctuating so much I am having to work off battery power. I will have to abandon the logging until I get power back.

I have just returned from the internet cafe and I notice that I am weaker than I had hoped for. It was a long hard mile and a half and I ended up breathing rather hard on the up slopes which are very gentle.