tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13779951.post3094626985111441548..comments2024-01-01T18:48:00.179-07:00Comments on DADA'S DALLY: Catching a chill is not the same as catching a bullet.Dadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17257598218959429347noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13779951.post-31748461142260879952008-01-24T10:19:00.000-07:002008-01-24T10:19:00.000-07:00enigma: Thanks for the kind words. Indeed, I have ...enigma: Thanks for the kind words. Indeed, I have far more incentive to get out in Nature and walk with a companion like Sam around. Yesterday we walked to the neighborhood park, but it seemed so tame in comparison to the desert.<BR/><BR/>d.k., I don't remember what class I had in college where it was I learned second hand what you and e.k. experienced first hand, i.e., the highest wind speed ever recorded on Earth was on Mt. Washington. (231 mhp in 1934 - thankfully, you missed that day!)<BR/><BR/>But wasn't the day you were there exhilarating (after e.k. returned safely, ending your fears he had blown away.)<BR/><BR/>Another great wind experience Mrs. Dada and I had was in the park just below the levee in the pictures back in the 90's. <BR/><BR/>We were flying a couple of kites we had brought back with us from the Oregon coast when we saw a heavy, black storm on the NW horizon bearing down on us very, very rapidly. Fighting to get our kites down before it struck and ended up fried Ben Franklins was exciting as we yelled back and forth at other, laughing as the rains began. Exhilarating!Dadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17257598218959429347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13779951.post-3832328788218152692008-01-23T14:49:00.000-07:002008-01-23T14:49:00.000-07:001) Excellent description of those moments when a s...1) Excellent description of those moments when a soldier must feel he has tapped into something divine. I could almost (but not quite) grasp it & feel fortunate I've never been called upon to so test myself, because I'm sure I'd be found wanting.<BR/><BR/>2) I do know what you mean about those exhilerating winds. We once braved Mt Washington in NH, where the winds were the worst I've ever been exposed to. There is a traveler's lodge at the top, kind a tourist place with restaurant & kitchy consumer items. The winds there were even worse than on the way up, where we'd almost been blown off the winding hwy several times. EK decided to make the trek round the outside of the lodge (which is probably beautiful on a calm day). My last sight of him was his coat blowing open & him stumbling to catch his footing in the snow piling up against the railing. Then he disappered for 15 agonizing minutes. When he came back in, there was frost all over his face, his fingers couldn't even bend, as he loudly announced, "I did it!" ... I reached out to grab his hand & thought I'd reached into a pkg of dry ice. Later we found out at least 6 people have been literally blown to their deaths from the top of Mt Washington!<BR/><BR/>3) Sam for President! He will kick Huck's ass back to church.D.K. Raedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01451065603615752038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13779951.post-24818718631661945872008-01-23T01:52:00.000-07:002008-01-23T01:52:00.000-07:00so wonderful that you have such a good hiking part...so wonderful that you have such a good hiking partner in Sam...he is a handsome devil...in that dashing red collar..and I love your descritpions and story that go with this tale...you are quite a story teller...enigma4everhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589997090173140019noreply@blogger.com