That's a lousy rendering of Mount Rainier

10 minutes ago, jmdriskell said:

That's a lousy rendering of Mount Rainier

Don't hold back. Say what you think. Trust me, it'll be helpful.

2 hours ago, Ron Attwood said:

Don't hold back. Say what you think. Trust me, it'll be helpful.

 

2 hours ago, jmdriskell said:

That's a lousy rendering of Mount Rainier

Succinct and to the point - it's my 'V' key.

Not off topic, but a short story.

I moved to Tacoma, from the frozen white north, Canada eh,  in 1965 a teen rebel.  Son of a Canadian military (air force father).  Fell in love with Mount Rainier, I have climbed it and around it enough times to make you diizzy.

For the last Covid-19 four months I buried myself in writing my memoir "Moments in Time - Essays on Life".

Mount Rainier plays prominently in my memoir, its where I "found myself", moved on to become a forest land manager, all because I loved WA state and my Mountain.

I know sort of off topic but hey I'm emotional what can I say, any photo of Mount Rainier is lovely to me.

Back cover photo.

Edited August 6, 20205 yr by 1st fltsimguy

I'll share "my mountain" with you any day.  And as evidenced by the detail in your photo of the west side of Mt. Rainier, you can see why I made my earlier comment about its appearance.  Around here we refer to it as "the mountain!"  In my younger days, I climbed it twice.  the second time I carried a bottle of wine to the summit to share with my climbing companions.

Jim Driskell

That's a fab flight sim pic.

And I wouldn't say it was a terribly bad rendering of the mountain, just more of an atypical one. Here's a pic of it where it looks reasonably similar, it isn't always just a big snow-capped mass of white:

Edited August 6, 20205 yr by Chock

Ah, the late August view of the Willis Wall!  Nothing sticks to the wall including many climbers!

1 hour ago, jmdriskell said:

In my younger days, I climbed it twice.  the second time I carried a bottle of wine to the summit to share with my climbing companions.

Don't know what wine you were drinking then but whatever you're drinking today sure makes you snarky.

3 hours ago, PATCO LCH said:

Don't know what wine you were drinking then but whatever you're drinking today sure makes you snarky.

Go easy on him - may be one of us. Next year'll be fortieth anniversary - hard to believe I was 43 at the time.

 

 

4 hours ago, Chock said:

That's a fab flight sim pic.

And I wouldn't say it was a terribly bad rendering of the mountain, just more of an atypical one. Here's a pic of it where it looks reasonably similar, it isn't always just a big snow-capped mass of white:

 

On a clear day, I can see the top half from my place in Rochester - sixty miles.

I never get tired of looking at the mountain.  It's visible for great distances (on a clear day).  As a wag once said, "If you can't see Mt. Rainier, its raining between you and it.  If you can see Mt Rainier, its raining behind you!"

Jim Driskell

54 minutes ago, jmdriskell said:

I never get tired of looking at the mountain.  It's visible for great distances (on a clear day).  As a wag once said, "If you can't see Mt. Rainier, its raining between you and it.  If you can see Mt Rainier, its raining behind you!"

Jim Driskell

A variation of an old Scottish adage - If ye canna see the hills, it's raining. If ye can see them, it's going to rain.

Edited August 7, 20205 yr by olderndirt

The father of the current Prince of Monaco was so impressed by the mountain that he named himself after it.

On my "Bucket List"