Back in 1994 me and my "Let's teach an aerobics class
during lunchtime – it'll be FUN!" friends from JPL decided to go trekking
in the Himalayas, and asked me to join them.
Sounds great, but anyone who knows me knows that my body was never
genetically engineered for exercise. The
trip would entail hiking up and down the mountains of Nepal where there are no vehicles,
no electricity, and no communication with the outside world. Of particular note to photographers is there
would be no place to get / charge batteries and no place to buy film. (Yes, FILM. See above about this being 1994.) So my über-modern Maxxum 9000 stayed home,
opting instead for two less power-hungry cameras: The Minolta SR-T 101, which
can take pictures with no batteries at all, and the Yashica T4, a lightweight point-and-shoot
with Zeiss T* optics. And lots of
Fujicolor color negative film. I took
two lenses for the Minolta – the 28-85, and a 50mm f/1.4 for low light shots. (As always, click on any image to view larger and sharper.)
