Reminds me of my first and only encounter with a rattler during the U of Montana Field Camp in August 1978. Ledge stepping/hopping down a steep slope at the Block Mountain "rat's nest" field area and stepped directly over a smallish coiled rattler. He sounded off while my uphill foot was still on the ledge and I sprang forward, and WAY downhill, instantly. I remember thinking "that sound is something which the Hollywood foley artists have pretty much nailed".
Wonderful maps. Really fascinating geology instruction, true life encounters with dangerous critters, literary quotes and poems, topped off with gorgeous photography. Your classroom lectures, when you give them, must be stellar.
Thanks, I've given plenty of talks in various settings, from Smithsonian Journey participants to vice-presidents of oil companies, but only a handful as guest lectures in a real classroom situation. I'm not a college professor.
Reminds me of my first and only encounter with a rattler during the U of Montana Field Camp in August 1978. Ledge stepping/hopping down a steep slope at the Block Mountain "rat's nest" field area and stepped directly over a smallish coiled rattler. He sounded off while my uphill foot was still on the ledge and I sprang forward, and WAY downhill, instantly. I remember thinking "that sound is something which the Hollywood foley artists have pretty much nailed".
That's a beautiful map you made, all those years ago.
Thanks!
Wonderful and interesting professional history Mr. Gibson. Thanks for linking it to the geology of the region.
Thanks!!
Wonderful maps. Really fascinating geology instruction, true life encounters with dangerous critters, literary quotes and poems, topped off with gorgeous photography. Your classroom lectures, when you give them, must be stellar.
Thanks, I've given plenty of talks in various settings, from Smithsonian Journey participants to vice-presidents of oil companies, but only a handful as guest lectures in a real classroom situation. I'm not a college professor.