Dog Mountain Snaps
Posted some shots from last weekends run up Dog Mountain. Really a nice hike – like Mount Si, only way better. I’ll do a good write up soon at Altitude Slickness...
Posted 30 June 07 by Seth ·
Re-Discovered
I found a roll of film in my bag last week and dropped it off, not remembering when I had actually pushed it through a camera and not knowing what to expect back as far as usable prints. To my surprise, there were actually a couple decent shots in there. With the sun coming back out a bit this week I’m itching to shoot some more film…
Posted 27 March 06 by Seth ·
One Windy Morning
(24MB) Soundtrack: Okay “Compass”
No, seriously – it was really, really windy. And a great way to start a Thursday…
This wee video will hopefully make its way to my outdoor misadventure site, Altitude Slickness. There’s a ton of work to get done before it’s released, but I’ve got some good ideas for it. I’ve got years and years of material to scan and post and write up,’ so hopefully the final result will be worth the wait… Leave a comment or two if you’re interested and maybe that will help speed me up.
Posted 11 February 06 by Seth · Comments? [2]
Cold Therapy
It was still dark Saturday morning when Mark picked me up. The rain was coming down pretty good, but as we drove up I-90 to Snoqualmie Pass it quickly changed to snow. The freeway was still unplowed at 6:30 in the morning, so it took us a bit to get up to the Alpental parking lot as we had to dodge a few sliding trucks along the way. It was still snowing at the end of the road, and there were only a few cars at the main lot. We backed in across the street from the Snow Lake trailhead, and pulled our packs and snowshoes on. Dawn was approaching, and it was light enough to start without headlamps.
We were the first up the trail since the snow had begun a few days prior, but the trail was pretty well packed. Veering even a few inches to either side of the trail however, meant sinking up to your hips or worse in the amazing powder. I haven’t really been able to spend a lot of time in the snow over the last four years or so, but it was unlike anything I’d experienced here in Washington, at least at that level. We cruised along the trail for about thirty minutes before turning around and heading back to the car. The fresh snow was too tempting to leave untracked so we jumped off the trail down towards the end of the road and did some cross-country traversing, only stopping to pull ourselves out of the armpit-deep pits we’d end up in. It would have been nice to get to spend another hour or two up there – we didn’t make it as far as we’d wanted, but it was definitely not a bad way to start out a Saturday.
Posted 4 December 05 by Seth · Comments? [1]