King of the Hill
September 15, 2008 by Green Dads
At The Summit
From The Tower Roof
A while back I posted here about Brian doing fieldwork for his research on Whiteface Mountain in the Adirondacks. This past week they finished up the measurements they needed to take, packed up the instruments. Here is a picture of Brian at the summit. It’s a little shadowed because the sun is behind him. The large lake you can see is Lake Placid.
He’s a little squeamish about heights and at one point they actually had to climb out onto the roof of the tower on the summit where the intruments were located. Normally heights don’t bother me at all and I love being on a mountain, but I would have had trouble going on the roof of a tower with no railing.
The second picture is from the top of the tower and you get a good view of that portion of the Adirondacks. This picture is looking more towards the north and Canada, which is maybe about 30 or 40 miles from here. I grew up in Massena, NY which is north west of this spot and on the St. Lawrence river across from Cornwall, Ontario.
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Love the pic of Brain (although it’s a little dark). But, it’s a good one - woof!
Fantastic pictures! Funny, I don’t remember ever going there. If I did, perhaps I was just too young to remember!