We had an amazing hike the other week when we climbed Mt. Rainier’s Tatoosh Range. When we pitched our tents it was dark and roughly 35 degrees out… Fahrenheit. Then after a while in front of our fake LED candle fire, the temp dropped to roughly 25 degrees, and………. we climbed into our sleeping bags and froze most of the night. By now you are wondering who this other individual was hiking and by the powers of deductive reasoning (it would have been too cold for Jen) you’ve come to the conclusion that in fact Jen and Cole where snug at home in Seattle enjoying hot chocolate in front of the LED candle fire at a Hawaii like 75 degrees. Patrick and I did this thing and knocked out some amazing images. Patrick is our associate photographer and can wrangle a serious pixel. He has also back packed into the wilderness over 100 times (at least that’s what he told me) and assured me that he had the survival skills necessary that I wouldn’t have to carry him out of the wilderness should things go south. (Go ahead and leave a comment below, Patrick). Anyway, when we reached this area, it was overcast and we couldn’t see the sky or the Mountain, and after about 5 minutes passed the clouds parted and the sun and earth created twilight and a sliver of light slashed through the atmosphere and well….. we got kind of excited. I took this shot with my beloved Canon 5D Mark II at the full 21 megapixels, so if you’d like to buy a billboard sized fine art print, I can accommodate you. Patrick on the other hand was shooting with a Nikon. On the way down the next day we picked wild huckleberries in the meadows of Rainier (first and last time, since it’s against the rules) which made for excellent pancake topping.
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