Uhuru Peak Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania. Here’s a short clip of the explorer’s lens expedition team making it to the summit. Many thanks to R D Vernon for allowing us to use the footage.
What’s not to like about a hike that quickly gets you above the treeline with gobsmacking views of fluffy snow draped peaks habouring an icefield that feeds 6 major glaciers? How about a quick non-technical hike and scramble up an adjacent peak (Mount Wilcox/Wilcox Peak) for even more impressive views! Many guide books and trail [...]
Nothing beats the feeling of putting on an old pair of jeans or jacket that you have not worn in awhile and finding a ten dollar bill in the pocket. Well I’ve just experienced the photographic – Adobe Lightroom version of that feeling. I knew we had images of koalas in the archives, after all [...]
Attracting over a million visitors per year and billed as the worlds largest rodeo the Calgary Stampede’s claim as The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth may be deserved. Held annually for 10 days beginning the first Friday of July the Stampede features rodeo events, stage performances, agricultural exhibits, a midway, first nations performances, and a [...]
Gorgeous. Beautiful. Awesome. Whatever superlatives you’ve heard describe Jasper National Park’s Skyline Trail they are all true. And if the scenery doesn’t leave you breathless the three major passes you climb over certainly will. The Trail The Skyline is one of the premier must do backcountry hikes in the Canadian Rockies. The 45 kilometer Sklyine [...]
Glacier National Park in the northwest corner of Montana and nestled against the Canadian border has it all. It’s one of the few remaining places in the lower 48 with an intact ecosystem. Bear, cougar, wolf, moose, and elk can still be found in an environment relatively similar to when Lewis and Clark passed nearby. [...]
