There is that moment when you realize that when the captain says that the plane is "passing through 10,000 feet," he means 10,000 feet above sea level, not 10,000 feet above the valley floor. And you realize that you are already nearly 4,000 feet lower than the peak of Grand Teton itself, and that those things to the right blocking out the stars are not clouds but mountains.
Posted by DeLong at August 30, 2003 07:55 PM | TrackBack