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RE: [OM] Everest & Olympus

Subject: RE: [OM] Everest & Olympus
From: Jerry Stackhouse <jstack@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 17:52:02 -0400
I took my trusty OM1-n to Everest. It only got to about 21,000 feet but 
performed perfectly. On that trip, it was subject to tropical heat and 
moisture, extreme cold, snow, and wide & very abrupt temperature changes 
(sun to shadow). The worst part for the camera was the dust. It needed a 
good cleaning and is still my favorite today.

The only malfunction on this trip was due to operator error - I wound 
beyond end of film and tore it off the roll. I then proceded to open the 
back to see what the problem was. Low blood oxygen will cause a person to 
do really stupid things!

-----Original Message-----
From:   David J. Russell [SMTP:djr@xxxxxxx]
Sent:   Saturday, October 02, 1999 11:47 PM
To:     olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:        Re: [OM] Everest & Olympus

I just finished reading 'The Other Side of Everest 'by Matt Dickinson, an
independent cinematographer who made the climb in 1996. He was filming an
expedition climbing the north Face at the time of the big storm in May of
that year in which eleven climbers on the south side of the mountain were
killed.

After the storm blew itself out, Matt and his crew continued their climb,
finally reaching the First Step on the North Ridge, about 28,000 feet.
Wanting some shots of his partner Alan climbing, Matt found that his Nikon
F3 had frozen in the -40C temperature. He then pulled out his Olympus
clamshell (Stylus?), backup #1, only to find that the alkaline battery in
the Olympus was too weak to operate the camera. Now desperate, Matt reached
for his final backup, a Kodak disposable 35mm camera. This one worked
flawlessly, providing the only stills taken there and at the summit.

Fortunately for all, the digital video camera did continue to work, even at
that temperature. How come?

An excellent book, by the way.

David



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