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Mysterious Landscapes

High on the Wall. It has been a long training winter learning the skills that will enable me to go higher. Ice climbing season extends all the way into March in...

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Look, No Hands! On a rappelling setup. Notice how the belay device is extended up ahead of the green coiled cord below. This is the stop block knot that keeps t...

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Living Off the Wall. Actually living by staying on it :) I have begun learning the more advanced technical skills that all those who climb into the sky eventual...

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Return From Zero. After my (mis)adventure with the sudden arrival of winter and dehydration up on Gothics I began a series of short equipment 'shakedown' effort...

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Birch at Crystal Pool. This was a rest break on the long climb up Gothics mountain- and one I should have taken more often. Specifically,I failed to drink enoug...

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Saddleback and Gothics. Here we are in the Adirondack mountains staring down at the cliffs of Saddleback (right) and Gothics (center) Mountains. This Saddleback...

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Me In PHD. My first expedition jacket. Peter Hutchinson Designs (PHD) custom builds expedition wear for the harshest environs of this world. This particular jac...

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Last Resting Place-Almost. I have often practiced navigation in rural cemeteries in upstate New York; among the largest are Albany Rural Cemetery in Albany, and...

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Climbing the Saddleback. Towering above Orange County California from almost 20 miles away to the East is a pair of mountains, Modjeska and Santiago Peak which ...

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Fields of Winter. In February the days are getting longer and the warm brown grass tussocks from the previous year begin to appear from beneath the snow. The ev...

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Green Towers of Power. On an August day in my orchard, Apricot trees raise their limbs 20-30 feet (6-9 M) into the air seeking the sun. It is amazing when you t...

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Medlar Flower. So my friends, you may remember my bringing us a picture of the Medlar fruit; a fruit from the orchards of Medieval Europe. Here is it's flower. ...

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Future Fossils...Raccoon and Deer Can be Friends. Each year the stream by my studio floods leaving behind as much a foot of rich sediment on its banks. Here we ...

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A Grapevine's Beginning. Each spring before the grapes grow, the canes remain quiet and still long after all the trees have bloomed. But when the warm May sun w...

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Coconut Fast Food. In the streets of Bangalore city in various neighborhoods one can always find a man with warm smile, a pile of coconuts- and a huge knife whi...

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The Mountains above Dharamsala, India. On December 23, 2011, I visited Bodh Gaya in India to attend the Kalachakra. I then went by train to the North I think th...

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Elephants of Karnataka. In March of 2012, as I wandered south of Bangalore city, I passed through the province of Karnataka and encountered these happy elephant...

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The Orange Wanderers. These Red Eft are actually the young or juvenile stage of the Eastern Newt, a green amphibian common in the ponds, streams and lakes of th...

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Floating Crystal Shore. Yet another photo from the enchanted dusk of February 22, 2007. An equilibrium with an invisible force slowly grew this crystal shore ho...

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Cherries Growing. There is an amazing flower show that happens in late April and early May in the orchard- but it is just the beginning. As the petals fall the ...