Always a favorite when I showed my 16mm print of this title.
Watch it here.
ok, after the previous post, let's keep it going with b-movie crap. this time with another movie I have on 16 mm:
a great party film.
This is one jaw dropping film. (And I got it on 16 mm too).
Boris Karloff.
Now everyone knows this name. I met his daughter at the Monster Bash, maybe twenty years ago.
But for now, tonight, if you dare, watch
You can't go wrong with this William Castle film.
Packs some startling scares and boy oh boy, some really good camp.
Enjoy this one in the dark.
For tonight, try this UK film called
The Ghost Train.
Sort of a mystery / comedy film that packs a walloping end. Enjoy it on the Internet Archive.
I am real busy to come up with unique thoughts right now, so I want to share some horror films that I am trying to watch when I need a break from packing.
So for tonight, try
I am back home in Maryland now, so I won't be reliving my AT hike until the spring. In the meantime, I am pleased to report this paper is now out, and I have 50 copies to distribute free.
Recreating the Massasoit Spring House with 3Dimensional Modelling
https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/96NFIB7SH4WKPCR45WDS/full?target=10.1080/13505033.2021.1980265
If interested check it out. Abstract follows:
The history of cultural landmarks has abundant examples for educational enlightenment. Yet hundreds, if not thousands, of sites have yet to achieve this notoriety, often given the lack of funding to restore the site. For those found within our parks and protected areas one challenge for managers is to preserve its cultural heritage, often with limited funding. It is this challenge that we illustrate a process for recreating our historical landscape based on archived materials and using computer animation. Three-dimensional computer modelling software provides one such tool to recreate these sites, and adds to our knowledge for historic preservation and educational prospects. Here we recreate the setting of the nineteenth-century Massasoit Spring water business in West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. Protected watershed lands previously managed for no visitation are now opened up for tourism and this baseline data serves educational and interpretive opportunities.
My student and co-author, Justin Taylor, prepared this 3D animation.
On this date (17 October 1974) , after leaving October Mtn LT, I slipped on some wet leaves and broke the frame of my back pack.
My journal said: "Frame broke. Home @ 11:50 PM."
After leaving Williamstown, I climbed Mt. Greylock. On the south flank I stayed at Kitchen Brook LT and met a private school camping trip. One day south and 16 miles I camped out 3 miles south of Dalton, MA.
The next day I hiked a short 7 miles, in the rain and cut the day short to stay in the old October Mountain LT. I followed the old AT, since I either lost the new relo or couldn't see the blazing.
I somehow got a fire going to help dry out my clothes. On the 16th, I wrote nearly two pages in my diary.
I noted that "I really do miss something to read, that is why I'm keeping my letters a little longer, so I can read them again."
Entered the Commonwealth on the 12th of October 1974. Crashed at a dorm in Williams College and stayed at Perring House.. And did a zero on the 13th, a Sunday.
Town days meant a chance to buy food, do laundry, write post cards and hit the PO. You had to visit the Post Office before noon on Saturday or wait until Monday to pick up your General Delivery mail.
I wrote in my diary that I had "40 bucks in case & one ten buck travelers check....Also I have food for almost 15 days or so."
Here is a shot of Greylock from a bridge as I get to the road to hitch.
On the 11th of October 1974, I took this photos of my Trailwise backpack before reaching Seth Warner LT.
I wrote in my journal that "I vowed to get up real earlier & haul-ass down to the road, hitch or walk to town to get my mail."
You might notice that Colin Fletcher was my idol for camping gear.
I have climbed this mountain several times and camped on Stratton Pond a few times as well.
Here are a few shots of the area.
As you can see the pond is beautiful.
Wet.
Some of the trail is naturally wet, due to swamps (wetlands), streams and low depressions.
Some of the trail gets wet due to rain (or melting snow).
The point here is that it is difficult to keep boots dry.
Gaiters help though.
I believe this shot of the trail in Vermont was taken on 10 October 1974.
For the past month, I have encountered many north bound hikers on the Trail. Many started the same time I did in Georgia around the first of June.
It was unlikely that they would hit Katahdin before it closed for the winter, but those I met in Maine or eastern NH several weeks earlier had a chance.
You gotta remember my many Zeros where I hung out at Pinkham, or Dartmouth or Sugarloaf so I would have been in Connecticut or New York on this date.
In New York, in June of 1975, I was frequently doing 20 to 25 mile days.
First a snippet of the USGS map:
I snapped a few pics with my Olympus 35RC camera, the "selfie" was taken with a timer on the camera. Last night I stayed at Stony Brook LT and tonight I was at Pico Camp Shelter. This cabin had a wood stove and it was real nice.
Oh yeah, notice the red plaid wool jacket I bought in Maine?
At this point of my hike, as I crossed the Connecticut River between NH and VT, I had seven states hiked on the AT. Vermont was next and the famous Long Trail, but first I had to hike west to the Green Mountains.
I arrived at Cloudland LT, in a light snow, and played cards with Mike. I also slept with all my clothes since it was cold.
Here is a shot of the pretty Vermont country side.
I believe this "snip" of the USGS map shows the shelter.
Since I am waiting for my boots to be repaired (at least in NH in 1974), I thought I would share this link I heard about earlier this week from my colleague Dr. Carsten Braun during his zoom talk on climate change.
check it out.
Here is the record for St. Lucia.
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