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@photovotary

Well spotted. The answer is Yes and No.

It's not his real name. Since I myself use an alias here, my buddy quite rightly insisted on having one too.

And yes, as his alias I chose the name of the hero in Thomas Mann's Magic Mountain, the book that shaped me more than any other.

As a young man, I once spent a long night with a friend in a bar and at one point exclaimed, for all to hear, "Ich bin Hans Castorp", "I am Hans Castorp". That was some 40 years ago. The Magic Mountain is still the book that defines me, and Thomas Mann still the one author that lets me keep some hope for humankind. If he was possible, everything is possible.

Castorp sits next to me and says hello. He loves attention.

#HansCastorp #ThomasMann #MagicMountain #whippet_moments #hope

Magic Mountain Chili Cook-off raises more than $1,000

Lynn Bianculli from Bromley Market and Keith Walsh don their winning aprons. Photo by Kristin Nelson LONDONDERRY, Vt. – The Magic Mountain Ski Area community turned out in force on Saturday, March 7…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Cooking #BlackLineTavern #bromleymarket #Chili #cook-off #keithwalsh #londonderry #magicmountain #outingclub #vermont #vt
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2563658/magic-mountain-chili-cook-off-raises-more-than-1000/

Magic Mountain Chili Cook-off raises more than $1,000

Lynn Bianculli from Bromley Market and Keith Walsh don their winning aprons. Photo by Kristin Nelson LONDONDERRY, Vt. – The Magic Mountain Ski Area community turned out in force on Saturday, March 7…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Cooking #BlackLineTavern #bromleymarket #Chili #cook-off #keithwalsh #londonderry #magicmountain #outingclub #vermont #vt
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2563658/magic-mountain-chili-cook-off-raises-more-than-1000/

Magic Mountain Chili Cook-off raises more than $1,000 https://www.diningandcooking.com/2563658/magic-mountain-chili-cook-off-raises-more-than-1000/ #BlackLineTavern #BromleyMarket #Chili #CookOff #Cooking #KeithWalsh #londonderry #MagicMountain #OutingClub #vermont #vt

I wanted to capture the special light atmosphere: the curving LEDs of Tiger and Turtle glowing at dusk, combined with the stunning colors of the sunset.

#TigerAndTurtle #magicmountain #duisburg #fpvdrone #fpv #fpvlife #teamapex #drone #fpvfreestyle

https://youtu.be/fXocXyKcBcA?si=f6fBEBSXdYErNIyG

How Thomas Mann Wrote the Magic Mountain

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/dec/31/the-master-of-contradictions-by-morten-hi-jensen-review-how-thomas-mann-wrote-the-magic-mountain

#HackerNews #ThomasMann #MagicMountain #Literature #Analysis #BookReview

"Spill the Wine" is the debut single by singer #EricBurdon and the band #War, released in May 1970. It was backed by the non-album track "#MagicMountain", and was War's first #Billboard chart hit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=espD_-Z-SaY

@magdelenehall

Interesting.

Thomas Mann's writings have been my constant companions since I was 16. The Magic Mountain is the one book I'd take to my Desert Island. I've read it an uncountable number of times. As a young man, I was seen in Berlin coffee houses exclaiming loudly, "I am Hans Castorp".

I have read many Mann biographies and long ago decided that I could close down the biographical side and just keep reading this great writer's novels. But having read Daniel Kehlmann's congenial review of this new biography, it seems I was wrong. I will make sure to read Tilmann Lahme's Mann biography.

(Kehlmann himself is of course an accomplished novelist. I enjoyed his early "Ich und Kaminski" and his "Die Vermessung der Welt".)

Thanks for the link!

#ThomasMann #TilmannLahme #DanielKehlmann
#MagicMountain #HansCastorp

This image is one of our favorites - Ninja at @SFMagicMountain is a gem to photograph no matter what year you happen to be photographing her.

Opened in 1988, Ninja is an Arrow Dynamics suspended coaster. She is one of only a handful of suspended roller coasters from Arrow that are still operational, and the only one remaining in the Six Flags chain.

📷 Ric Turner | c. 1988

#SixFlags #MagicMountain #RollerCoasters #coasters #ThemeParks #Ninja #SFMM

Gold Rusher at @SixFlags Magic Mountain is an Arrow Dynamic mine train ride that first opened in 1971. The ride cost $1.2 million USD to build in 1971.

📸 Ric Turner | c. approx. 1990

#rollerCoasters #SixFlags #MagicMountain #ArrowDynamics #Coasters #themeParks #coasterenthusiasts #Arrow #California