September 24th, 2011
Mount Audubon: Indian Peaks Wilderness
Shall Old Growth disappear?
Shall the honeybee disappear?
Where shall we be?
Will we keep the Old Growth.
Will we keep the Colony.
Old Growth is key,
If we cut
a swath, then
replace
with new space.
Only to cut
new growth
every decade.
The equation,
doesn’t function.
If the bees,
vanish.
Shall our lives
be vanquished?
A migratory bee keeper
might be a downfall.
When a scientific intrusion
of reproduction utilized
or
monoculture farming continues
with deathly results.
We need our local
Old growth.
We need our local
Honeybee.
We might keep
our local diverse farms.
We might decrease
our water vapor.
– Joe Poulton 2011
Tags: Collapse, environment, Honeybee, Old growth, Poetry
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September 18th, 2011
Jasper Peak
South Arapaho Peak from the NE basin of Jasper Peak.
This was an excellent day out on Friday.
Cougar tracks we saw along with fresh scat.
Self Portrait
My friend that joined me on this excursion.
Check out my panoramic of the view North of Jasper Peak here: South Arapaho Pano it’s in a Black and White with a 30% Sepia tone.
Tags: Arapaho Pass, Fourth of July Trail, Jasper Peak, South Arapaho
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September 9th, 2011
800ish sec exposure, f/8 ISO 400 @ 0417hrs on 09/08/2011
Taken along the Ridge to Snikatu North of Torrey’s and Gray’s and NE of Loveland Pass, CO
Here’s a BW version:
Same exposure as above
Tags: 14ers, Continental Divide, Gray's, Loveland Pass, night, peak, photography, Snikatu, stars, Torrey's
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August 14th, 2011
Self portrait Summit of Peak One
I had a great few days off from work. On Friday I walked up Peak One in the Tenmile Range of Colorado near Frisco. Then on Saturday I took some friends from Florida up the SE Ridge of Audubon near Ward, CO in the Indian Peaks Wilderness.
Peak One Sepia version
I saw a cool looking snag on the way down from Peak One.
A Snag on the North Shoulder of Mount Victoria.
Here’s some images from Audubon:
Audubon from Mitchell Lake
The water was a bit more rough then last year, so I wasn’t able to get that stellar reflection.
Starting up the SE Ridge
The route ahead
One of my friends had only rock climbed once and the other one had never climbed before. They both were superb on the crux section into and out of the notch.
Beyond the notch
The crux starts at the bench just left and above my friend’s heads on the opposite wall and ridge line behind. From bench we traversed climber’s right and dropped into the notch and then climbed out the grass ledge system.
The long walk from the SE Shoulder to the summit and here we're only half way.
Summit shots:
Matt with Mount Toll, Piaute, Cherrokee, and Archonee in the background
Mike with Coney Island in the background
Self Portrait
It was a most excellent adventure! Until next time.
Tags: Brainard lake, Indian Peaks Wilderness, Mitchell Lake, Mount Audubon, Mount Toll, Peak One, SE Ridge, Tenmile Range
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August 4th, 2011
The journey started with work last night from 1700 – 0500 this A.M. However, I awoke yesterday at 1330 prior to my shift. Well, I worked my shift with no naps….I work in EMS if you didn’t already know. EMS stands for “Earn Money Sleeping” atleast 50-60% of the time.
So once my shift ended this morning I blitzed up to Frisco’s Main st and I-70 trailhead parking for the Tenmile Range and arrived just prior to 0700. The initial goal was Peak One or Tenmile Peak to get a sense of the Tenmile Range Traverse. I left my car at 0700 knowing that I had a possibility of T-storms around 1300.
The bike path start
It’s about a half mile towards Breck to the Royal trailhead.
A lot of interesting information about the old Masontown site.
The morning light was fabulous for taking shots of the dew on flowers.
Lots of blooming flower variety along the trail to Mount Royal and Mount Victoria
Summit of Mount Royal
The hill wasn’t too bad
One of the steep sections leading up to Mount Victoria's Northern Shoulder
One of the views along the crest of the Tenmile Range looking Northwest into the Gore range.
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amazing all day. As I worked my way up the East side of the Mount Victoria I could look out over Frisco towards the Continental Divide.
Dillon and Frisco with Torrey's and Grays in the right distance
The view of Peak one from near the second false summit.
Self Portrait on Mount Victoria
Parting shot back towards Peak one and Mount Victoria on the descent
All in all, it took 44 mins to get to the top of mount Royal and 2.5 hrs to get to the false summit of Peak 1 where I turned around. Another 1.5 hrs back to the car and then I trip over to David’s restaurant Food Hedz where I talked climbing with David and then refueled a little for the drive home. For some reason I couldn’t sleep and was awake until 0130 this morning for a total of 36 hrs awake after I finally fell asleep I slept 11 hours. If you’re ever in the Frisco, Silverthorne, Breckenridge or even Cooper and Vail mountain areas Food Hedz is certainly worth a stop.
View my Panoramic here
Tags: Colorado, Frisco, Mount Royal, Mount Victoria, Peak 1, Peak One, Tenmile Peak, Tenmile Range
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