I had a cover and feature with photos in Desert Leaf... http://npaper-wehaa.com/desert-leaf#2011/03/26/?article=1214568
About failures in wilderness objectives, something intimately familiar with...

Lowe Alpine Calendar...

Heading up to attempt the Grand Teton in 2009 but it proved a bit too cold to summit for desert dwellers... lots of ice and snow. brrr...

PDX

image © Bennett Barthelemy

Dusk along Portland's waterfront... PDX is one of the more attractive cities for sure... I think my camera dropped acid when I wasn't looking. The result was not planned for but I like it.

© Bennett Barthelemy

Shooting lots of kayaking lately... Rain, mist from falls, slippery rocks in lots of dripping wet forests. Rapping in over mossy loose basalt blocks for pics for 4 seconds of shoot time of a 70 foot falls... An awesome challenge and some amazing extreme athletes!

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