From the archives, this is a pre-blog, pre-GPS outing on Greys and Torreys Peaks, two of the first 14,000-foot peaks I climbed (ran?) after moving to Colorado.
It's amazing I was even able to find my way to the top without electronic devices. I mean, look at this rugged path:
I don't even know if I was running peaks back then, although I'd been running for about 7 years. It's probably time for another trip back there.
This was also before I'd filled up my hard drive with wildflower photos:
These pictures were taken with my Canon SD400, which was a great camera and my first digital model. Honestly, in terms of basic performance and clarity, it was better than what you can get nowadays from Canon's SD series. I had to move up to the more expensive S series recently to match it. And it took more reliably-focused macro shots.
You can see the approach trails in the valley below:
Once I got back home, I went for a stroll on Green Mountain in Lakewood. Kind of like decompression before going back indoors. Amazingly I spotted a tornado out on the plains east of Aurora:
Friday, February 3, 2012
Grays And Torreys 2006
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Blah blah blah, yeah, Grey's and Torrey's, blah blah blah, nice pics though....blah blah blah
ReplyDeleteWait, a TORNADO????
This post should be titled, "BADASS PICTURE OF A TORNADO!" It is my currently unfulfilled dream to see a tornado IRL -- not enough to go out of my way like a stormchaser or something, but to see one "in the wild" from a safe distance of where I happen to be, if that makes any sense. (E.g. I would never plan to go outside at dusk in mountain lion territory on purpose just to see one, but was fortunate enough to see one from the inside of a car once, which was awesome).
So: nice tornado pic!
Mike - That cracked me up. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI grew up scampering into the basement from tornado warnings in Indiana, but you couldn't see them because of the trees. I've seen two in CO already because of the wide-open views -- the other was from 285 towards Harstel. It was pretty far away but I got outta there fast.
Lions. Yeah. I'm content to see them in zoos. Anyone who's had skin shredded by a house cat has some idea how bad that could end up.
Ditto Mike - that was great! What a great place to spot one from.
ReplyDeleteThis is one of the many reasons why I want to move to CO.
ReplyDeleteMy first trip to CO was to work in and around the San Juan Mountains.
I fell in LOVE with CO then.