Archive for July, 2007

Friday, July 20th, 2007

Posing Marmots

Marmots posing
Originally uploaded by hikingdrew
Taken on Rainier Aug 2003
These shots were taken along the Wonderland Trail in Moraine Park. These little guys were everywhere, and listening to them throw out alerts to the other creatures in the area was really cool. They have a distinctive call that sounds like a child whistling. [...]

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Thursday, July 19th, 2007

Mt. Rainier from Cowlitz Divide

Mt. Rainier from Cowlitz Divide
Originally uploaded by hikingdrew
Taken on my solo backpack around Mt. Rainier in Aug of 2002. This shot was taken late in the morning on Day two, I had hiked from Longmire to Nickle Creek the day before, and this day would take me up from there to Indian Bar [...]

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Thursday, July 19th, 2007

Half Dome at Sunset

Half Dome at Sunset
Originally uploaded by jeremyhays

Founf this shot on Flickr, very nice.  Makes want to get started planning my hike of the John Muir Trail in 2008.

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Thursday, July 19th, 2007

JMT Mile 84 – Sapphire Lake

JMT Mile 84 – Sapphire Lake
Originally uploaded by NaturalLight

Sweet shot!

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Thursday, July 19th, 2007

Marie Lake Evening

Marie Lake Evening
Originally uploaded by Buck Forester

While beginning to research the trail for next year’s thru-hike, I am finding a ton of inspiring shots like this one.

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Thursday, July 19th, 2007

Lenticular Cloud, Mount Rainier

Lenticular Cloud, Mount Rainier
Originally uploaded by LivingWilderness.com

Found this on Flickr today, Awesome!

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Thursday, July 5th, 2007

News stories about Major Young

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F-15 pilot had less than 2 seconds to react before crash
09:13 AM PDT on Thursday, June 28, 2007
By kgw.com and AP staff Investigators believe the F-15 [...]

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Sunday, July 1st, 2007

Scenes of Skagway June 2007

Smuggler’s Cove outside of Skagway Alaska

Downtown Skagway

No Comments » - Posted in General Backpacking Info, Photography by drew