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Stories abound of climbers attempting big things in Patagonia and being confined to their tents for days, weeks even, pinned down by the fierce weather so typical there. But at least at the end of the failed expedition, they have the option to go home. Imagine, by contrast, the plight of inmates in high-security D Block, Alcatraz. Kept in their cells, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with nothing to do, no reading matter to pass the time, and only allowed out of their cells once a week for a ten-minute shower. Can you imagine the feeling - towelling down at the end of that shower - knowing it will be another 6 days 23 hours and 50 minutes before you can enjoy the same respite from confinement again? |
Dining hall and cell blocks, |
The now dank corridor of a |
Cellblock, Alcatraz Island |
One of Alcatraz`s prison cells |
San Francisco and the Golden Gate |
Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco |
Fog over Golden Gate Bridge, |
Begging with humour at
Fisherman`s |
Jogger beneath Golden Gate Bridge |
Lombard Street, San Francisco`s |
View from directly beneath the |
Perhaps the trademark of |
The unsuspecting pedestrian faces this |
The Bushman at Fisherman`s Wharf, |
With a loud "boo, scared ya!", |
All that glitters wants your gold, |
Sea lions at Pier 39, Fisherman`s Wharf, |
Highly inventive begging tactics |
Surfer at Santa Cruz |
Begging with style at Fisherman`s |
Highway One sign |
Sea lions on beach near Hearst Castle |
Hearst Castle`s swimming pool |
Land surveyors at Big Sur |
Classic Big Sur coastal scene |
Bixby Bridge spawning Rainbow Canyon, |
Californian poppies at Big Sur |
McWay Falls, Julia Pfeiffer Burns |
Scene at Redwood National Park |
Scene at Redwood National Park |
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