Does throwing your back out moving a 310 lb Ademco drymount press count?View attachment 330219
OK, this wasn’t in the darkroom but it’s where I was eventually headed. I have a project where I am going to run all the streets of my city (about 500 miles of them) and I document each of the runs by posting on a blog with maps, photos, etc. Sometimes I shoot photos with my phone, other times with my Minolta 16P. The week before last I went out to log a short one, 3.5 miles, and took my dog with me. He zigged in front of me and stopped causing me to tumble forward. I landed on my left thigh, right on the pocket where the 16P was, driving into the muscle. I couldn’t get up and a nice guy in a truck pulled over and helped, offering me a ride home. I was only 3 block away and thought I could “walk it off” so I hobbled on home. I have a massive bruise and had to take a week off from running.
Here’s the good news: No damage to the Minolta 16P. That is one tough camera.
Related: my training for the Boston Marathon is in full throat right now. I go (and try to go hard) six days a week, with Sunday as my rest day. However, that leaves Sunday as the only possible time for me to spend in the darkroom, and I'm in the midst of a project involving the printing of hundreds of portraits of my daughter from throughout her lifetime. Saturdays are my "long run" days, and those runs are 20-22 miles right now. You can see where this is going.
Long story short: after essentially standing in one spot in my basement for 8 or 9 hours with nothing but my recovery sandals between my legs and the concrete slab, having put upwards of 20 miles on those same legs the day before, I can't get off my feet fast enough by the time Sunday night rolls around. Of course then it's time to go to bed and get ready to do it all over again. Perhaps I'm just asking for injury this way, but I see no other alternative. Such is life.
BTW, are those sandals specific for recovery? A few years ago I switch to Hoka shoes for the extra cushioning and I read that many ultra runners wear them as recovery shoes...
Related: my training for the Boston Marathon is in full throat right now. I go (and try to go hard) six days a week, with Sunday as my rest day. However, that leaves Sunday as the only possible time for me to spend in the darkroom, and I'm in the midst of a project involving the printing of hundreds of portraits of my daughter from throughout her lifetime. Saturdays are my "long run" days, and those runs are 20-22 miles right now. You can see where this is going.
Long story short: after essentially standing in one spot in my basement for 8 or 9 hours with nothing but my recovery sandals between my legs and the concrete slab, having put upwards of 20 miles on those same legs the day before, I can't get off my feet fast enough by the time Sunday night rolls around. Of course then it's time to go to bed and get ready to do it all over again. Perhaps I'm just asking for injury this way, but I see no other alternative. Such is life.
ergonomical knee chair,
….having put upwards of 20 miles on those same legs the day before, I can't get off my feet fast enough by the time Sunday night rolls around.…
From my experience running a couple marathons, the hardest thing after is trying to go downstairs. My darkroom is in the basement so post long runs there is a difficulty and chance for injury just getting there. ;-)
Yes, the stairs certainly become problematic every Sunday as well. And I live in a 4-story house (counting the finished attic and basement), so I have no fewer than 3 flights of stairs to negotiate. It was hyperbolic for me to say that I stand in one place in the basement for 8 or 9 hours. The truth is, I'm also going up and down the basement stairs many times throughout the work session.
Post-marathon stair strategy: walk sideways! It looks kind of silly and you might get laughed at, but it works!
On those stairs, a handrail is your friend. After a friend ran Boston a few years ago, he went to the subway and he said it was funny seeing how many people were headed down gripping the handrails.
On those stairs, a handrail is your friend. After a friend ran Boston a few years ago, he went to the subway and he said it was funny seeing how many people were headed down gripping the handrails.
Ohhh, let’s see… banged my head on the enlarger a couple times, and when I was looking for a dropped photo paper, I banged my head on my table…
I’m afraid one day I’m going to slice my hands/fingers while cutting down 70mm to 120, though. That wouldn’t be fun at all!
My mother was an elementry school secretary -- she had a teach who cut off part of her finger on a guilloteen-type paper cutter. Always amazed we did not have similar accidents at the uni darkroom.When I was in grade 8 shop class (1970) a kid in the darkroom sliced open his finger on paper cutter. One those old fashioned school type guiotine types.
After that the teacher had to do the paper cutting.
Make or have someone here make you a proper splitter.
I have a razor slitter, and theoretically I shouldn’t be able to cut myself while slicing, but you need to push the film through the razors to get it to start cutting. Not super sketchy, but still kinda makes me nervous.
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