The area around Silver Star Mountain is incredible. I needed this trip so badly, both physically and mentally. I slept at the trailhead and got up bright and early to check out the Chinook Trail. I only learned about this trail a couple days ago. Apparently an effort to build a loop trail around Vancouver, WA and Portland, OR.
The first photo is the view from near my camp on Cloudy Pass. Today has been incredible but tough. Hiked 20 miles with 6400’ elevation gain. This is not like the PCT, it’s rough trails that go straight up for hours. But i’m so happy, I wanted an epic long weekend and Glacier Peak Wilderness is providing that in spades so far.
This is one of my favorite shots from a recent photo shoot. In the center at the end is the Starorobocinski Wierch, the highest peak in the Western Tatras in Poland.
Gear:
• Yashica TL Electro X ITS (~1971)
• Yashica Yashinon-DS 50 mm f/1.7
• Kodak Professional Portra 400/36
As many of you know, I bailed from my trip early due to stomach issues. Still saw some beautiful scenery in the Three Sisters Wilderness on my very long day. I’m feeling much better so far this morning so it might have just been a 24-hour bug.🤞🏼Very happy to be home. Drinking lots of electrolytes and resting.
A breathtaking morning at the Navarre Beach Pier. Measuring 1,545 feet long and towering 30 feet above the ocean, it's the longest pier in the Gulf of Mexico.
New instance, new introduction.
I'm Ali, I was over at outdoors.lgbt till it crashed and burned last night, we all lost our accounts so now I'm here. (If you had friends there we still show up in searches, but our accounts are toast and are never coming back, its fedi, it happens).
Old guide who now runs a rope access company, when I get the time I still get back into the hills or on a river somewhere.
Hoping to reconnect with friends and make a few new ones. If you hear of anyone else from outdoors that has washed up somewhere else I'm pretty sure most of us would like to catch up again, so boosts appreciated.
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A breathtaking morning at the Navarre Beach Pier, which is famed for being Florida's longest fishing pier, measuring 1,545 feet long and towering 30 feet above the ocean.
I had an amazing weekend, I’m so happy spring is finally here. It’s so freeing to carry everything you need on your back and be completely surrounded by nature. I feel so much safer alone in the middle of the forest than camping along forest roads. I’m considering this spring training while the Cascades are still covered in snow. This trail is ideal for that.
I just added another coastal landscape to my series. I used to live on the Sunshine Coast of #BritishColumbia and this was the kind of scene I'd often see.
Atlantic Ocean - in the mood for a beach journey. Been too long. Here, I panned the camera during exposure to lend a softness to the waves coming onshore. Captured in Sandy Hook, NJ on a cold March day.
The magical Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. A sunset colors the canyon walls set against dramatic clouds. Original photo NPS. Digitally remastered by Joseph S. Giacalone.
Happy Thanksgiving from the summit of Round Top in the Tillamook State Forest! Looking forward to spending the day with family and eating some turkey. If you know me, you know I’m excited to try all of the desserts. Out in the forest making room for all the food. After the festivities, I’m heading to the base of Mount Hood to go camping. Sunny but close to freezing all weekend.
Mount Hood looks stunning from up here on Table Mountain. I was informed by a frankly terrified-looking day hiker that black bears were seen up here last night. I’m proceeding with caution and will update you if I encounter them. 🐻🗻☀️
What a sunrise it was at Brothes Point on the Iles of Skye. A cold and strong win was blowing, but the colors that morning made up for shivering in the cold.
This shot was taken with 17mm and f/8.0, ISO 80 with 1 Second exposure time
I was stunned to see Ponytail Falls when I rounded the corner while hiking this last Saturday. To my knowledge, this is the first time i’d ever seen it. This waterfall is above Horsetail Falls. So cool to be able to walk behind the falls and feel the power of nature.