The Poverty Jet Set » mountains http://thepovertyjetset.com Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:08:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Norway by Train http://thepovertyjetset.com/2009/12/23/norway-by-train/ http://thepovertyjetset.com/2009/12/23/norway-by-train/#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:02:09 +0000 Mark http://thepovertyjetset.com/?p=1804 A TV station in Norway decided (brilliantly) that it would be fun to film the entire length of one of their most scenic train routes in HD. All 7.5 hours of the ride. The results are stunning and hypnotic. Reminds me a lot of the Norwegian film about a retiring train conductor, O’Horten, that I projected at Telluride a couple years ago. Below is a 10-minute clip of the trip, but you can download the entire thing here.

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Sharon Tingley posted a bunch of totally radical photos of hers from the 70’s. Check ‘em.

(via mystic-lady)

]]> http://thepovertyjetset.com/2009/11/25/mountain-nostalgia/feed/ 0 in a land far, far away http://thepovertyjetset.com/2008/06/24/in-a-land-far-far-away/ http://thepovertyjetset.com/2008/06/24/in-a-land-far-far-away/#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:55:38 +0000 Mark http://thepovertyjetset.com/?p=524 I used to do this just about every day:

I sure miss it sometimes! Here, just look to the right of where I’m standing above:

What’s not to love about that during a hot n’ humid summertime in the big city, huh?

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