Still working on uploading that trip report to Mount Thielsen East Peak and beyond. The report itself has been written and the photos are all edited currently, but not all is completed yet. To upload the report I must first create a new parent page for East Peak and a follow up route page as well. The above panorama image of Mount Thielsen’s sheer eastern face looks much better at its full web resolution, but you’ll have to wait another day before viewing it in my report. However, I did finally write a route page for the south side of Hope, otherwise known as the Middle Sister in the central Oregon Cascade range: http://www.summitpost.org/south-ridge-via-irving-glacier/698637.
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After a long silence I have returned to write my report on when I went a little insane and dealt with some grief in a way that I consider quite healthy. The photos have already been edited and the trip report itself on my six summits climb during August 2010 will hopefully be live within the weekend. Above was my view of the “ridge” cliff up Mt. Thielsen’s east face and below is pictured Phantom Ship as seen from atop Dutton Ridge along the rim of Crater Lake.
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Believe it or not my leg’s recovery process is in its final stage. Step 4 of 4 toward healing the torn ligaments in my ankle and fractured tibia came to fruition as a climb up Mt. Hood’s south face went underway on Tuesday. The winter conditions of last year were nasty, but we still managed a successful summit. However, Tuesday’s conditions were considerably worse, mostly due to the recent warm weather and rainfall up there. The entire mountain was covered in water ice and wind sculpted rime ice and as a result the decision to turn back about three fourths of our way up was announced. Hood isn’t going anywhere and my ankle is still intact. I am happy.
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Instead of going out and capturing new photos I spent the week taking care of unfinished business regarding past images. Latitudes’ online gallery went live earlier today after a week’s worth of editing and customizing. I am hosting the site through Photo Shelter, who provides a rather accommodating service, and the site will remain active for a little over a month. I would like to begin creating more of these sites, perhaps even for personal use, as time moves on.
www.latitudes.photoshelter.com
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Tim Healea, owner of Little t American Baker, asked me to photograph his shop this week for an update of their website. Three hundred plus photos later I came out with a lot of mouth watering imagery. Check out the bakery’s wide array of breads and pastries, a seasonally alternating breakfast and lunch menu, and coffee provided by Stumptown Roasters. 2600 SE Division Street, Portland, OR.
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Carmen Obrien and I photographed a holiday party last night at OMSI for Latitudes, a Portland based design, screen printing and embroidery shop. The night went on a little longer than planned, but as expected and was a huge success. Working with some new equipment and a wonderful partner were of the greater contributing factors to a night full of pleasant moments. I ultimately thank God for giving us such a smooth production.
http://www.latitudespdx.com
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Hallelujah to the Lord, Christ is born! I do hope that everyone out there enjoyed their Christmas and had a happy new year as well. While at the coast this weekend I recall staring at a survey marker, something I’m accustomed to only seeing atop mountains, and wishing I were on Hood. The new year does hold a lot of promise for such adventure, unfortunately current conditions up there are nasty, with a wind-chill factor of minus 10, so I think I’ll hold off for tonight. Even still I am very grateful for all the peace, love and yes, even the anticipation in my life and I thank Christ for making it all so easy to enjoy. My gratitude also goes out to those involved in my life and all the support many have brought me, specifically my family and everyone at Door of Hope, thank you. I greatly look forward to sharing another year with these beautiful people.
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Deep within Hayden Glacier’s crevasse riddled belly lies the source of a rather fast moving river but only a mile down the mountainside. What a strange moment that was to witness the melting icicles slowly fall into the rushing waters below and think that that rushing water’s source was an extremely slow moving body of glacial ice from above.
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Step 3 has finally arrived. Although Halloween was my original hiking deadline, I think it was best to have held off and give my leg the rest I have. Had not I become ill I may have climbed too soon and caused some injury. Regardless, to be atop Angles Rest last week leaning into absurd wind gusts and to again step into nature this week on Dog Mountain’s snow capped summit was absurdly beautiful - it had been too long. With the sun breaking through the clouds as it set I sat giving thanks to the Lord.
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Two great things happened today. The first was an incredible photo shoot with an old wedding client of mine, the Nochisaki’s, that was for their Christmas holiday memories. The second was step Three: I finally managed to get out on a hike up Angels Rest with my friend Alex and without any injury to my healing leg. It was too dark for photos up there tonight, but they wouldn’t have captured the sheer magnificence of it all anyway. Either way, these photos of Peter and Christina Nochisaki are fun - how will you draft your story?
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