Sizing up the South Platte

Early April on the South Platte River in Eleven Mile Canyon...

Golden, Colorado

Big Horn Sheep just outside Golden, CO.

Canada July 2008

Mountain Range outside of Banff Provincial Park, Canada.

Canada July 2008

Brother bear cubs outside the town of Jasper, Canada.

Canada July 2008

Transportation for the Bird Rock Hotel on San Juan Island, Washington.

Nepal June 2008

One of many spiritual tablets along the trail to Everest.

Nepal June 2008

Trekking above Namche Bazarr, Nepal.

Nepal June 2008

Just saying "Hi"! A Nepalese child peeks out from a local hut on our way to Everest.

Nepal June 2008

Not exactly sure why, but some place I had wanted to visit since I was about eighteen.

Nepal June, 2008

Himalayas

Damascus, Syria 2007

Umayyad Mosqueجامع بني أمية الكبير is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world.

Europe June, 2007

Santorini, Greece

Europe June, 2007

Roman Colosseum

Toroweap, Grand Canyon

Toroweap, Grand Canyon, the lesser known rim.

Aguas Calientes, Peru

Train from Cusco to Aguas Calientes. A welcomed site after three days of trekking through the Andes.

Local delivery...

The only means for transporting goods along the trail, porters are the backbone of the region...

Rock Tablets along trail...

Om Mani Padme Hum carved rock tablets along trail bring good fortune to the area and trekkers...

Carved Rock and water...

Om Mani Padme Hum prayer carved into rock along trail...

Local flora...

Flora along trail to Pangboche...

Everest Base Camp...

Me and the crew along with our two guides at Everest Base camp after 9 days of trekking we reached the 17,600ft. prize.

Valley overlooking Pangboche...

Peaks and valley view overlooking Himalayan village of Pangboche.

Peaks above Lobuche...

20,000+ft peaks above the Himalayan village of Lobuche as seen from trail to Dinboche.

Peaks above Dingoche...

20,000+ft peaks towering above the Himalayan village of Dingboche.

20,000 Peak

One of many 20,000+ft peak outside of Dingboche.

Prayer Tablet

One of thousands of prayer tablets along trail placed for good fortune and etched repeatedly with Om Mani Padme Hum.

Waterfall and Prayer Flags

Waterfall and Tibetan prayer flags along Everest Base Camp trail.

Tibetan Refugee Center

Individual making rug at Tibetan Refugee Center.

Boudhanath Temple

The eyes of the largest Temple in Nepal, located in Kathmandu.

Prayer Wheels

Traditional Buddist prayer wheels outside of Namche monastery.

Everst and Nuptse

Mt. Everest and Nuptse as viewed from Thangboche Monastery.

Isolated Everest

29,029ft Everest as viewed from Thangboche.

bald eagle

just outside of kremmling, colorado we came upon this bald eagle perched just feet off of the highway...

mt. whitney wilderness, california

lone pine lake...a worthwhile detour from the mt. whitney trail...

columbia river gorge, oregon

multnomah falls, oregon...

grand tetons national park...2007

overlooking the snake river and the grand tetons

cuzco, peru...2005

cuzco plaza on arrival night...

grand tetons national park...2007

mt. moran at sunrise...

grand tetons national park...2007

while hiking in death canyon, i came upon this marmot, later named "steve" who was most certainly on his game today, he calls this pose "domination"

yellowstone national park...2007

sunset reflection from mammoth hot springs run-off

aspen 07...maroon bells

after camping on independence pass, we awoke to
frigid temps and 4" of snow...but the bells were
worth the sacrifice...

sea stacks on pacific coast

driftwood and sea stacks on the pacific coast

sunset over the pacific

sunset over bellingham bay, washington

yosemite valley and bridalveil falls...2006

as busloads of day tours came and went from this spot, made famous by ansel adams, i spent three days in awe...

sunset on the fox...

after a relentless wisconsin thunderstorm, the waters settled and the sun shined one last time...

machu picchu - 2005

after a 3 day hike through the andes, we came upon our coveted goal, the pre-columbian inca site known as machu picchu...skies dressed in clouds complimented the mysticism of the perennial ruins...

grand tetons from schwabachers landing...

at schwabacher's landing viewing the sunrise over the grand tetons with a mooseless moose pond in the forefront...

rapid blur - grand tetons national park

while hiking in grand tetons national park i spotted these rapids, decided to mess around with my camera settings, set up shop and came up with this...