A "Victor"ious Hunt - Page 2

TARNATION !!! · 06-27-2011, 10:23 PM

Cornucopia WI is the furthest north upstate community. From there to my place is just under 800 miles. With the Merc, you could get here in about 4 days, unless you threw in a big block engine, highway gear rear and a tranny to match, then just 15 hours if complying with speed limits and no stopping to eat or fuel up or play in the Dells, eat cheese and try to repeat this feat

Dean Romig · 06-27-2011, 10:42 PM

"A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words" but that one conjures up only one question.... "Did he make it?"

....well, actually, two questions... "What was the wager?"

Autumn Daze · 06-27-2011, 10:49 PM

Maybe there was a bottle of amber liquid on the other side.....

Dean Romig · 06-27-2011, 10:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave Suponski

Maybe there was a bottle of amber liquid on the other side.....

Surprised there ain't more guys jumpin'...

Autumn Daze · 06-27-2011, 10:59 PM

Dean, Are you real sure that ain't you? I can see a resemblance....

Dean Romig · 06-27-2011, 11:06 PM

Suponski.... isn't it past your bedtime??

TARNATION !!! · 06-27-2011, 11:31 PM

Here's the scoop on the picture. Just Dad having his son help out his photo studio enterprise. (Not to worry Richard)

The Most Recognizable Picture Still Looks Scary - Test Your Long Jump Skills at the H.H. Bennett Studio
He's known as "the man who made Wisconsin Dells famous." Lest you think it was a water park owner, or ski show entrepreneur, let's reveal right here and now that it is Henry Hamilton Bennett. Never heard of him? He’s considered one of the top 10, maybe even the top three landscape photographers of the 19th century. Still not ringing a bell? Perhaps his photos will jog your memory. Surely you've seen the picture of a young man leaping from one rock ledge to another. It's titled "Leaping the Chasm at Stand Rock" and is one of Bennett's most famous. The photo captures Bennett's son Ashley frozen in mid-air. At the time, many people thought the photograph was faked since stop-motion had not been invented. Until Bennett invented it, that is. The story goes that Bennett had Ashley repeat the jump multiple times to get just the right shot, a story that would make any mother cringe. His life and photos are superbly chronicled at the H.H. Bennett Studio, the photographer's original studio still standing on Broadway in downtown Dells. There's even an exhibit devoted to the famous photo, with markers on the floor to test your own leaping ability.

Big D · 06-28-2011, 10:19 AM

Maybe the bottle of amber liquid (now empty) was on the starting side?

charlie cleveland · 06-28-2011, 01:24 PM

jack thats some photo...i think id better put a mouse motor in that old merc...unless gas keeps coming down...sure would hate to have to sell that pie to get that old merc back to miss...i will get us a picture of that old merc soon....im afraid they would not have a famous jump picture if it had of been me a jumping.... charlie