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.
Uhuru Peak – Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania. After a seven day trek on Kilimanjaro’s Western route, more commonly known as the ‘Whiskey route’ we summitted Uhuru Peak on January 25, 2010. The highest point on the continent – 19,340 feet/5895 meters.
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 [...]
Holy smokes is Glacier National Park a hopping place this summer!!! For whatever the reason – economy, passports, cheaper gas – the park was the busiest we’ve ever seen it. Campgrounds filling before 8:00am, the Logan Pass parking lot resembled a Walmart during a Boxing Day blitz, and all the Going-to-the-Sun Road required was a [...]
Johnston’s Canyon Banff National Park, Alberta Canada
I’m sure Art Wolfe, Andy Biggs, and Tom Mangelsen have had their fair share of misfires over the years, maybe not thumb over lens gaffes but the kind of goofy images that when developed they wonder ‘what was I thinking?’. Most photographer’s mistakes never see the light of day for a good reason; when shots [...]
