[MDOsprey] Re: bins and Salt spray -Thanks
William Leigh (tern@visuallink.com)
Wed, 21 Jul 1999 18:34:15 -0700
Hello all,
I just wanted to thank everyone who took the time to write me about
the effect salt spray might have on one's binoculars.
Until reading the feedback messages I was seriously thinking of leaving my
Leica's behind and just using my Swift Audubon's. The general consensus was
that salt spray doesn't pose much of a threat as long as one cleans the
bins either during or just following the pelagic trip. So.....I plan to go
aboard with the Leicas in one hand and a jug of water in the other. I am
being slightly sarcastic.
Thanks,
William Leigh
Winchester VA
tern@visuallink.com
----Original Message-----
From: Valley Birds <jwcoffey@tricon.net>
To: Valley Birds <jwcoffey@tricon.net>
Date: Tuesday, July 20, 1999 10:07 PM
Subject: Re: John C. Warden - Obit
>From: G. Rad Mayfield
>Subject: Re: John C. Warden - Obit
>Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 13:13:44 -0400
>
>I was very sorry to hear about the death of John Warden. Mr. Warden was
one
>of three members of my graduate advisory committee at ETSU. As a graduate
>student I always heard this and that from undergraduates and graduates
alike
>about field trips with Mr. Warden. Many of them thought he was half
>mountain goat. He would go on field trips and take hikes with students 40
>years his junior and put them to shame while he trudged over hill and dale.
>I remember a student told me they had gone to Bays Mountain once and there
>was a plant growing at the base of a rock face he wanted to see so he
jumped
>out to a tree which grew up from the base of the rock and shimmied down.
>This was only a few years ago.
>
>The greatest stories I heard about Mr. Warden came from himself. He had
the
>most wonderful ability to laugh at and about himself and the sometimes
silly
>situations he would put himself into. He told of running into bears and
>such while roaming the mountains in search of plants. I want to relay one
>of my favorites here. Its been a while so I'm sure the details will be off
>but I think those who knew him will find this amusing and very much in
>character for Mr. Warden.
>
>Mr. Warden and his wife were apparently camped out in the boreal forest in
>Canada. He had studied a map and found a lake (or some other landform he
>wanted to investigate). His plan was to have his wife drop him off and he
>would make a circuit through the forest and back to camp. Those of you who
>have been in a boreal forest know that once you get into the middle of it,
>everything looks the same. And so it was for Mr. Warden. He wandered
about
>for three days eating berries and such for sustinence. Finally he found a
>power line and followed it until he got to a road and then got a ride back
>to the camp. Upon his arrival, his wife, apparently used to his
wanderings,
>let him have it for leaving her alone for three days (though in reality, I
>am sure she was relieved he was safe). As he finished this story, he
>laughed his very characteristic laugh almost uncontrollably.
>
>His lessons about botany and his ability to laugh in the face of ridicule,
>poor circumstance, et.al. will long be remembered. Farewell.
>
>Rad Mayfield
>Hollis, NC