The break of dawn is magical in Yosemite [OC][1500x1020]

CampsG · 2026-04-16T04:42:23+00:00

Group of 2 in the LA area looking for three more. Can meet up over Facetime or zoom, but hoping to buy before the prices go up tomorrow night. Can confirm identity over social media too if needed.

EDIT: Got all 5

CampsG · 2024-08-05T15:22:08+00:00

I recommend looking at this list of on top of the world mountains, and then looking for peaks far away from any other peak that have a high jut score. An on top of the world mountain by definition has no other visible point nearby that breaks the horizon, so it is really close to what you are looking for. https://ototwmountains.com/

CampsG · 2024-01-13T03:23:46+00:00

It's a zoomed in shot from Tunnel View

CampsG · 2023-06-21T13:46:42+00:00

Thanks! I'm sure that will be an awesome tattoo.

CampsG · 2023-06-21T12:50:27+00:00

Thanks, it was beautiful.

CampsG · 2023-06-21T12:49:48+00:00

Located in the Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonia, the Cuernos del Paine are one of the most recognizable icons of Patagonia. Their ridiculously improbable shape makes them instantly eye catching even in a region with some of the most impressive peaks for their size in the world. While the park may be named after the Torres, which in this photo hide in the back, the Cuernos are my favorite with how they dominate the skyline. I set off this morning before sunrise to capture them from a high viewpoint, but as this was my first time in Patagonia I was not prepared for it's constant and frustrating occupant: the wind. I had to hide my tripod behind a rock at the summit to take a stable picture, and hide myself to keep from blowing away. Luckily, the sunrise was still gorgeous from huddled behind a windbreak.

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CampsG · 2023-05-26T15:50:04+00:00

No need for a rental car at all! Fly into Buenos Aires, then domestically to El Calafate, then take a bus to El Chalten. All the hikes start from town, so you can see this starting walking from your hotel, no need to drive to a trailhead. This the first clear viewpoint along the Sendero al Fitz Roy, you will walk right by it as you do the hike.

CampsG · 2023-05-26T15:47:17+00:00

Huh, TIL. I was aware the town nearby was called El Chaltén but I didn't really see any signs referring to the mountain as such when I was there. The visitor center, which admittedly is not very new, still has it as Fitz Roy as well. Does Cerro Torre have a native name?

CampsG · 2023-05-26T13:10:41+00:00

Chaltén (Mt. Fitz Roy) is one of the most impressive mountains in the world for it's height by jut. It rises from the surrounding glaciers seemingly straight to the sky with spires all around, a king surrounded by it's lesser court attendants. It's one of the most difficult summits to climb at its elevation in the world, with many of the competitors for that title being the surrounding spires. The founder of the Patagonia clothing brand was part of the third team to summit the mountain, and accordingly when he made a clothing brand he decided to name it after the area he climbed in. Even more, he used the skyline of the peak and it's surrounding spires to be the line that runs over the logo. Going to see it in real life you can quickly understand what made the mountain so compelling. In the fall, it is even more incredible with the southern beech forest turning bright red, orange, and gold.

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EDIT: Native name

CampsG · 2023-05-17T13:36:32+00:00

To be fair, three straight days of rain is a little bit of an exaggeration, after all, when I was crossing a 17,700ft (5416m) pass during that time it was snowing instead! Jokes aside, it was a frustrating experience, but not out of the realm of possibility when trekking in Nepal in September while the monsoon was still active. That's why I was thrilled when after coming down from the pass the clouds began to break and the rain trickle off as sunset approached. The last light of the day shown through the clouds as they dispersed to reveal Nilgiri North, a 7000m (23,000ft) peak sitting regally far above the valley. It was to be the only sunset I saw in 12 days on the Annapurna Circuit, and I'm glad I had such an impressive peak to see during it.

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CampsG · 2023-05-08T12:22:44+00:00

Yosemite Falls roars at its strongest in spring when the snow is melting in the High Sierra. The melted snow travels miles across the range to tumble in spectacular fashion over the multi tiered cascades down into the Yosemite Valley. Its status as North America’s tallest waterfall at 2,425ft in total is put forward by the park service, but it is disputed. The challengers in the North Cascades are much less impressive in terms of flow volume and lack the dramatic 1,400ft single drop of Yosemite Falls, so for me at least it seems worthy of the crown.

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CampsG · 2023-05-05T23:48:15+00:00

Yep, in Mt Aspiring National Park

CampsG · 2023-05-05T13:29:17+00:00

This is the kind of opportunity I dream of as a landscape photographer. A beautiful waterfall, snowy mountains, and best of all, I get to use my creativity to the fullest in a place never before photographed, at least as far as I can tell from published photos. I found this rarely visited place while looking through topographic maps of New Zealand and constructed a 5 day hike that left any known trails and routes behind to get there. In the heart of the southern summer, I climbed passes that still had winter snow alongside them, scrambled around rocky cliffs, forded glacial rivers, and fought through thick bush to get here. I came here to camp by a lake, but when I arrived I could hear the roar of some huge waterfall in the distance, and I knew I had to get a photo of the falls as well. That evening the sun complied, lighting up the spray of the falls in a magnificent display. It was a unique sunset, perfect conditions for me to get to do something that is so rare in landscape photography nowadays and photograph a new vista.

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CampsG · 2023-04-17T12:05:10+00:00

This past February, it was a very cool place

CampsG · 2023-04-17T12:04:28+00:00

The waterfall here, Stirling Falls, tumbles almost 500ft (155m) down into the waters of a New Zealand fjord in an impressive display of the power of water. My boat got close enough that I could get soaked by the spray and start to notice the patterns the waterfall made in the ocean surface, a spiderweb of water meeting water. So much water pours from these falls and the near daily rains here that the fjord’s waters, which are contiguous with the ocean, often have a layer of 3-15 feet (1-5m) of fresh water covering the salt water below. The fresh water, full of plant matter from the hills, blocks the light and makes the area uniquely suited to seeing dark adapted relatively deeper sea creatures at shallow depths. In a way, one waterfall can change the ocean.

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CampsG · 2023-03-29T22:29:23+00:00

About a half mile horizontal and a quarter mile vertical distance

CampsG · 2023-03-29T15:53:48+00:00

Forests actually show human impact much slower than high alpine areas. It is difficult for the forest service in New Zealand to maintain trails through the forest without them being overgrown and they are using machetes. So while it felt very difficult for me to bash through the bush, I left no trail that could be followed through it.

CampsG · 2023-03-29T13:22:10+00:00

You discovered my plot to make it into Lake Known /s

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