Leo Geary over the Bristlecones

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In 1992 Leo Geary was living in New Zealand when he decided to revisit the US and enter parapente competions in Owens Valley, in the White Mountains of California. I came to see . That was my introduction to the town of Bishop, the views of the high mountains, and the ancient Bristlecone forest. These photos are all related to flying.
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Flying over Owens Valley in a parapente

* Leo took the first and last of this series of photos, flying in parapente over Owens valley. If you drove over the Sierra mountains from Yosemite Park to Mono Lake, then took a right hand turn, you would appear driving south on Highway 395 in the first photograph. Other photos zero in on the Gunter parapente launch or takeoff site in the White mountains.

I went up to see what parapenting was all about. By cooincidence, out of dozens of parapenters, I happened to choose the same person that Leo had photographed from the air days earlier. So you see the takeoff sequence (by me) and views from midair (by Leo).

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Your control (JavaScript) slide show.
Auto-display (JavaScript) slide show.
If you don't do JavaScript, try the Click-step slide show (small picture choices).

White mountains photos and graphics

* Here is a photo of the White mountains where he flew. The parapenter (Leo himself) is lifted from a photo Leo sent the year before from Benhopai, New Zealand.

Large (5MB) Movie of Leo's Last Flight. Beware! This is a 20-minute download for a 34 KB modem.
Photos from the movie of Leo's Last Flight.
More photos by Leo of the White Mountains from his paraglider.

Panoramic View from Bishop Airfield

* Here are three ways to see a 360-degree vista.There are nine photos taken from the middle of the airfield in Bishop, California. It is the morning of September 27, 1992. An airshow is going on and views of the Sierras and White Mountains bask in the morning sun. A plane carrying Leo Geary's sister, Elizabeth, is about to land, coming in from New York City, via Los Angeles.

Bishop Air panorama A QuickTime VR presentation.
Bishop Air slide show A JavaScript-powered presentation.
Bishop Air Click-step Clickable text and thumbnail graphic presentation.

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