User talk:Catrachos
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[edit] Hey
Thank you for the extraordinary work you did on Malcolm Ross (balloonist), including that absolutely spectacular photo. DS (talk) 23:35, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
- Although - that photo, was it taken at ten thousand feet or at fifteen thousand? The picture's description says ten, your userpage says fifteen. DS (talk) 23:37, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
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For some reason I initially put 15,000 feet. Then I talked with my father (Alfred Mikesell -- at 94 years he has a staggering recollection of facts about people, conversations, and events of the time), who took the picture, and he said that the picture was taken at 10,000 feet. I also initially wrote that Malcolm Ross was "relaxing." My father corrected me that Malcolm Ross was anything but relaxed. At the moment that the picture was taken Malcolm was fully engaged in studying the terrain below them for an appropriate landing spot. I'll try to correct my user page about the 15,000 feet. --Catrachos (talk) 16:30, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
