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East Face, Longs Peak, Dawn
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East Face, Longs Peak, Dawn
This photo was shot at dawn on the slopes of Longs Peak, 14,256 ft., the highest point in Rocky Mountain National Park. My son and I started hiking at 4 am in order to reach timberline (over 11,000 feet) at dawn. The cold wind was so intense that it blew my tripod and camera over. Luckily, I caught them before they hit the rocks and shot a few pictures as the alpenglow lit up the "Diamond,"the mighty 2000 ft. vertical east face of the mountain. f6, 1/6 sec., ISO 100.
Dan Fogelberg |
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Colette M. Metcalf |
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This is gorgeous!!!
August 05, 2005
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Jessica L. Richard |
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very beautiful! great shot!
August 05, 2005
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- Terry L. Ellis
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Wonderful shot and story, Dan! Incredible colors!
August 05, 2005
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Carla Metzler |
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So beautiful, Dan! Always save the equiptment...no matter what! :)
August 05, 2005
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Dan Fogelberg |
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Alpine Brook, Longs Peak, Colorado
Just off the Longs Peak trail, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. f/6 at 1/3.1 sec, ISO 100 at focal length of 12.7 (about 50mm equivalent for a 35mm camera). Although this location is somewhat sheltered from the wind by the forest, I still had to wait for the flowers to stop blowing in the breeze.
Dan Fogelberg |
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Thanks to all of you for the kind feedback. I've actually climbed Longs Peak four times, but this day (last summer) the mountain won. The wind had already blown me off the trail once, and we hadn't even gotten to the bad part yet. Although it was August 25, the cold had numbed my gloved fingers, and when someone coming down from above told us he had been knocked off his feet by the wind, we called it a day. The story that will be used for my son's book is that of Agnes Vaille, a female mountaineering pioneer who lost her life attempting a winter ascent of this mountain. There is a stone shelter house higher on the mountain named for her, and we hope to get back to it this summer for some pictures. It sits just below the "Keyhole," a gap in the ridge above the famous Boulderfield at about 12,800 feet. Once through the Keyhole, the climb gets more exposed and steep, and last year the verglas, or thin ice coating the rock, made this a technical climb all summer. Once we descended below timberline, we warmed up and spent some time photographing along Alpine Brook, which parallels parts of the lower trail. A summit trip is 15 miles round trip, but we had an "easy" eight. Those few windy, cold moments at sunrise made it all worth it.
August 05, 2005
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