Category archive: Adventure
Bear Grylls at E3
Photos from my recent encounter with Bear Grylls at E3. The book he signed is called “The Kid Who Climbed Everest: The Incredible Story of a 23-Year-Old’s Summit of Mt. Everest“.
DetailsThe Summit Crew
The cast of this months Upper Yosemite Falls summit team. Myself Jordan Larrigan The Bro Drew Larrigan The Kid down the street Josh Timm The Paramedic Bill Tetreault
DetailsYosemite in January
Photos from a recent trip in January of 2010 to Yosemite. This was the first trip that I attempted and successfully hiked up Yosemite Falls. It was not as hard as I expected but it was fairly brutal. Never ending switch backs for roughly 95% of the 2,600 foot elevation gain. I highly recommend taking
DetailsYosemite Summer 2009
I recently had the chance to head to Yosemite in the summer with my brother and Chris. I still think I enjoy winter the most. However, I might be a bit jaded due to the fires closing our normal hotel and ruining our Half Dome hike. Full Photo Album
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The time has finally come. It has been a long and fun journey with my old Red Jeep Cherokee. But, sady it is time to put her to rest and open the doors for my new 2005 black Jeep Grand Cherokee. That’s right, I finally broke down and bought something newer. So far the new
DetailsWashington Labor Day – Mt Rainier
We woke up at the butt crack of dawn, roughly 4-5am Saturday morning. Only to find the sky completely covered in clouds. Yet, we decided to head to the mountain anyway. I mean why not, the weather report said partly cloudy and good hiking conditions. We filmed a little video and take off around 5:45am.
DetailsOuch in Joshua Tree
Recently I had the opportunity to rent two lenes from Lensrentals.com. A 35mm canon L, and 15mm sigma. The short version, the 35mm shoots super sharp photos, but not very useful. The 15mm sigma. Awesome! Totally blew my expectations out of the water. I will be buying in the near future. Below are some sample
DetailsBattle between Man and Snake
Let’s start with the setting. The battle took place high atop the Santa Monica Mountains. The rough temperature was near 110 degrees. Then there was myself, a lone hiker daring to take on the heat and insane elevation gain. Now the battle. As I round the last corner of the hike I see my goal.
Details4th of July Fireworks in Marina Del Rey
Shoot with long exposure and consently adjusted the iso. Most were shot around 6-8 seconds with 100-300 iso. I recomend checking out the full screen slide show rather then this embedded one. You can the full screen Slideshow here
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