Time for an Update
Five months ago I didn't think I would be updating my blog again until I flew, but here I am again, unable to resist the blogosphere. Did you miss me?
I had a somewhat traumatic winter, first by having my remaining wisdom teeth removed and then having by foot surgery and all of the fun rehab associated with that. I haven't been ready up until very recently to seriously consider paragliding, but I was finally somewhat ready to fly last week. Unfortunately the weather on that day didn't pan out as expected, and hasn't been especially reliable since. The next few days do look promising however!
I was looking through my old paragliding photos a couple of weeks ago, trying to find some good ones for a website. I noticed that quite a chunk of my pictures were missing, but didn't worry about it too much, as I figured they were backed up somewhere. Well, unfortunately for me, they weren't.
I have backup CD's dating back to 2003, but then I stopped backing things up on CD's and DVD's and went the digital route in 2008. After having my HP laptop essentially die (I vow never to buy another HP product in my life again), and then replacing my PC, somewhere in that kerfuffle, a full year's worth of pictures are gone.
I'm quite disheartened, as all of my pictures from Australia are gone, the pictures from my trip to France where I flew the Ozone Chabre Open have dissapeared, and most bothersome to me - my tandem training pictures went "poof!". That's the bad and sad news. The good news is that I still have this blog, complete with all of my stories and even some pictures that otherwise would have been lost. It may not be everything, but I do like to think I post only the best of the best photos here anyway, even as horribly amateurish as they often are.
The lesson learned is to back up your back ups. One backup is not enough, especially if you accidentally delete it like I did. Silly and unfortunate mistake.
I do hope to be flying again soon, posting here more often, and posting more pictures than ever before!!! I've missed flying - it has been SUCH a long time and I'm really looking forward to another season. My flying plans so far include doing two not-so-serious comps this year, which should hopefully be as fun and rewarding as they usually are.
It's good to be back.
I had a somewhat traumatic winter, first by having my remaining wisdom teeth removed and then having by foot surgery and all of the fun rehab associated with that. I haven't been ready up until very recently to seriously consider paragliding, but I was finally somewhat ready to fly last week. Unfortunately the weather on that day didn't pan out as expected, and hasn't been especially reliable since. The next few days do look promising however!
I was looking through my old paragliding photos a couple of weeks ago, trying to find some good ones for a website. I noticed that quite a chunk of my pictures were missing, but didn't worry about it too much, as I figured they were backed up somewhere. Well, unfortunately for me, they weren't.
I have backup CD's dating back to 2003, but then I stopped backing things up on CD's and DVD's and went the digital route in 2008. After having my HP laptop essentially die (I vow never to buy another HP product in my life again), and then replacing my PC, somewhere in that kerfuffle, a full year's worth of pictures are gone.
I'm quite disheartened, as all of my pictures from Australia are gone, the pictures from my trip to France where I flew the Ozone Chabre Open have dissapeared, and most bothersome to me - my tandem training pictures went "poof!". That's the bad and sad news. The good news is that I still have this blog, complete with all of my stories and even some pictures that otherwise would have been lost. It may not be everything, but I do like to think I post only the best of the best photos here anyway, even as horribly amateurish as they often are.
The lesson learned is to back up your back ups. One backup is not enough, especially if you accidentally delete it like I did. Silly and unfortunate mistake.
I do hope to be flying again soon, posting here more often, and posting more pictures than ever before!!! I've missed flying - it has been SUCH a long time and I'm really looking forward to another season. My flying plans so far include doing two not-so-serious comps this year, which should hopefully be as fun and rewarding as they usually are.
It's good to be back.
posted by Veronica at 3:25 AM
1 Comments:
Hey welcome back Nica, you are still alive!!!!
Sad to hear that devastating news about your lost photos/files.
BTW: I came back in action at the end of Jan, so nice to be back after 10 months break. It had been green and wet down here, on a good day, base at around 1500-1800m, so not so much to tell about except I had done 6 times day-trips to Mystic, i.e. 7hrs/day x 6days =42hrs, wish I could put that into my log book.
keep up the good flying, look forward to hearing more from you soon.
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