Three weeks ago, in preparation for a skiing trip I switched my Canon Rebel with my eighteen year old daughter’s Lumix G1—I needed something more compact that I can take along with me up and down the slopes and still be able to take some decent enough pictures if not for stock submission. So off she went back to college with the Rebel and Tamron 18-270mm lens.

[The long of the short of the snowboarding trip is, one, I wasn't able to take decent photos up the slope. Two and more painfully, I realized that I am too old or perhaps out of shape (or both) to expect to be able to do the things I was able to do in my 30’s, which if I may add, was only about four years ago. Shortly after going once up and down the clubhouse, I realized the altitude was wearing me out already and decided against taking the camera with me. After my first fall I knew I made the right decision and settled with the camera on my phone. Oh that ache from falling numerous times is still with

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