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Wildlife	[Sep. 1st, 2013|10:07 pm]Colorado Photography
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Arkansas River Summer 2013	[Aug. 28th, 2013|09:44 pm]Colorado Photography
East of Salida
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May 2013	[Aug. 3rd, 2013|04:18 pm]Colorado Photography
[Current Location |Southern Colorado]WahatoyaSunrise over Sangre De Cristo RangeBridge on Phantom Canyon Scenic Byway**( More along Phantom CanyonCollapse )**
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Loss	[Jul. 14th, 2013|02:35 pm]Colorado Photography
Hello fellow photographers,I do not have any photos to post at this time, but I wanted to let you know that the creator of this community died yesterday afternoon. Fellow LJer oddharmonic has a nice write up of mountain_hiker, also known as Terry over on her page. Rest in peace, Terry.
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Third Time's A Charm: Crestone Peak's Northwest Couloir	[Jun. 7th, 2011|10:14 pm]Colorado Photography
My first look at Crestone Peak's Northwest CouloirGPS profile of my routeElevation profileIt's been awhile since I've written about my journeys this winter/spring. Even though I've been out every weekend and have taken PLENTY of photos, I sometimes just lose the urge to write. I guess if I didn't write so much, it wouldn't be an issue. I just like to keep an accurate record of thoughts and feelings as well.I had already been up South Colony Road twice since March; Crestone Peak seemed to be beckoning me. The first time my partners and I failed to summit because of crappy snow conditions near the top. On that attempt, we took the Peak's standard route up the Red Gully. The second time (just a couple of weeks ago), my partner lost his dog in really bad weather conditions. Steve and I had planned on trying to climb the northwest couloir. Fortunately, though, Cooper was found alive and none-the-worse-for-wear three days later.**( Read more...Collapse )**Instead of heading back the way I came, I decided that I would take the standard trail back to the road to get some observations on conditions. Man, was that ever a mistake. There was still A LOT of snow left on that route and sidehilling on wet, sloppy snow was not the easiest thing to do in snowshoes (but at least I finally got to use them). About half-way out, I ran into another hiker making his way to the lake. I let him know that I was on the trail (I had to use my GPS to located it after I got off-trail). He was just going to stay one night, but I let him know that there weren't a lot of sites that were melted out near the lake. I also told him that I saw one other tent up there and that was it. He thanked me for the info and we continued on our way. Instead of trying to continue on the trail to the road, I cut across a field on snow. I was tired of slipping and sliding while sidehilling. When I reached the gate at the road, the snow ended abruptly. I packed up my snowshoes, drank an entire liter of water, and began the 2.75-mile trek back to the trailhead. It was another long, 17-hour day for me, but I felt that I had accomplished a lot. My experiences make me who I am. I felt just a little more well-rounded.
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Spring	[May. 1st, 2011|02:27 pm]Colorado Photography
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A Second Attempt at Humboldt in Winter	[Mar. 8th, 2011|11:55 pm]Colorado Photography
Humboldt Peak (14,064 ft.)GPS profile of our route Elevation and Google Earth profilesBack on February 19th I attempted to summit Humboldt Peak, but was turned back by wind and snow. My partners at the time, Jim and John, gave a valiant effort along with me, but we turned around at 13,000 feet after the wind dropped our visibility levels to less than fifty feet at times. We returned to the trailhead defeated, but I knew I would be back. A winter summit of Humboldt was in my near future.So after my failed attempt at Ellingwood Point last weekend, it appeared that there was going to be a good weather window for Humboldt again. I tried to recruit some of my fellow hikers; Javier, another member of 14ers.com said he wanted to go. I met Javier last summer when he, Jerry, and I attempted to summit La Plata Peak via Ellingwood Ridge. We had a couple of other interactions online since that time, but hadn't gotten together for any hikes. I received a couple of other messages from individuals who were interested, but they didn't pan out. Javier informed me that he was going to drive to the lower South Colony Lakes Traiilhead and sleep overnight there. I planned my usual early rising as the drive was only two hours to reach the trailhead. As it turned out, I woke an hour early, went and ate breakfast at IHOP with the drunks (there were a lot of them), and hit the road at 2:35. I arrived at the trailhead at 4:30. Javier was already awake, so we got ready earlier than planned. After taking care of some business and some pleasant conversation, another vehicle drove up. We talked to the hiker, Dave, for a little bit before hitting the trail around 5:15. Dave said he hoped he would catch up with us to help break trail.**( Read more...Collapse )**Besides stopping to take ibuprofen for our aching feet the return to the trailhead was uneventful. We were easily able to retrace our steps through the snow down the ridge to the Rainbow Trail and back to South Colony Lakes Road. We arrived back at the trailhead at 6:23 -- a thirteen-hour journey. Javier and I unloaded our gear in our vehicles and rested a bit before deciding to hit the road. It was going to be two hours of driving for me to reach home and three for Javier. I thanked him for accompanying me on the journey that day. I'm sure we'll hike again sometimeGPS stats from our winter ascent of Humboldt Peak. You need to add two miles RT to the mileage; I forgot to turn on the GPS until after we had walked about a mile up the road.Google Earth .KML file of my route (right-click and "save target as" to save the file). NOTE: For some reason, if you're using Internet Explorer, when you "save target as", it changes the file extension to .XML. This is incorrect. To be able to view this in Google Earth, change the file extension to .KML before saving the file. It downloads correctly in Firefox.
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(no subject)	[Mar. 6th, 2011|08:28 pm]Colorado Photography
Been watching this community for awhile. Just thought I'd post, finally.Devil's Thumb trail:DIA:- Panoramic images stitched together from over 30 high dynamic range images, captured with a canon 40D and a 15 mm fisheye f/2.8 - After stitching, the perspective in the images were distorted using Panogaea, an apple desktop app
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