Laying Down Game

Laying Down Gamer, Erik, writes:

Photo 1: This was taken 400’ above the Thames. Beautiful and terrifying. This photo was taken in a small glass pod crammed with 25 people (who had to cram into one side so that Abigail could take this photo)

Photo 2: The Where’s Waldo of LDG photos, I did my best to blend into the back of the lion. For what it’s worth, the lion was both slippery and satisfying.

Photo 3: You have to see this one to believe it. You have to look closely, but I’m actually laying on top of the helicopter near the rotors. It’s very difficult to see in this photo, so you’ll have to take my word for the most extreme LDG photo ever taken. Factoid - I almost died 3 times in shooting this photo.

Photo 4: Here I am laying on the railing above the Thames. It is November, and a fall into the water would have been chilly, but it was worth it.

Photo 5: This was the most painful of my London LDG photos. I haven’t had it checked out, but I attribute my nearsightedness to this LDG photo. If you look closely you’ll see that my face is beet red. Despite that, I was still unable to lock out in true board-stiff, LDG fashion. Also worth noting, the top of the post I’m LDGing on is actually pointy, not round. Extra painful.

A Laying Down Gamer, Jason, writes:

I recently traveled for 10 days with Jen around Thailand & Cambodia. As only you all could understand & appreciate, this trip to SE Asia became less of a vacation and more of an obsessed mission to lay down. Attached are six highlights of our recent travels:

Photo 1. In the mountainous region of northern Thailand near Chiang Mai, we spent one day venturing up to the highest most point in all of Thailand. There at the very top of Doi Inthanon mountain (8,408 ft) sits an incredible structure with a steep staircase leading up to a beautiful pagoda housing a magnificent 30-foot tall golden statue of Buddha that people from all over the world come to worship. More importantly, the staircase was a pretty cool place to lay down.

Photo 2. Next, we were off to southern Thailand where on the crystal clear waters of the Phi Phi islands just off the coast of Phucket Thailand, I was struck by how peaceful the beaches were, how warm the ocean was, and how much sand I kept getting up my nose laying down.

Photos 3-5. After a week in Thailand, we flew to Cambodia to visit Angkor Wat, the largest temple in the world, and its surrounding 120 sq miles of ancient ruins. The hand-carved stonework dates back over 800 years and could only truly be appreciated up close with one’s face pressed against the oven hot rock.

Photo 6. On our way home from SE Asia, we spent this past weekend in Dallas, TX… We took a weekend trip to visit the swamplands of Uncertain, TX. Uncertain is actually the name of the town, but there’s nothing uncertain about how enchanting this laying down experience proved to be.