photography

This week’s Friday Photo winner is Erik Bengtson with this shot taken during an evening snowshoeing excursion with friends.
Here’s what he had to say about it:
Snowshoeing is an awesome winter activity. It is even better when you combine it with camping, sledding and friends. In this 12min. exposure … Read the rest

This week’s Friday Photo winner is Ben Canales, who submitted several fantastic shots, including the one above.
Here’s what he had to say about it:
Glowing tent “backlit” by the Milky Way! … Read the rest
Congrats, Ben! You just won an Ultima 65 Spotting Scope with Astromaster Tripod, courtesy of Celestron.
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In celebration of International Mountain Day on December 11th, Climb For Change launched the 15th annual Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival (VIMFF) Mountain Photography Competition. According to the Facebook event for the contest, it is “intended as an opportunity for all photographers to present their mountain photography to the public.… Read the rest

Cold … Read the resthas been making the rounds at film festivals across the globe and took the grand prize at the 2011 Banff Mountain Film Festival this year. Climber, photographer and filmmaker Cory Richards took a few minutes to tell me about his life now making movies on the highest mountains in

This week’s Friday Photo winner is Steve MacAulay, who submitted the above shot of himself cycling on Harts Pass.
Here’s what he had to say about it:

I’ve had this shot in mind for a while now and had a chance to give it a try on a trip to … Read the rest

Beyond awesome surf clips, this video from Rip Curl shows what they consider a technological world-first. The “30 camera array” (i.e., a line of cameras firing consistently as a surfer rides toward it) results in incredible frozen moments viewable from a number of different angles, almost Matrix… Read the rest-style. Oh, and

From Yvon Chouinard setting routes and inventing dependable climbing gear, to advanced climbers scaling big walls and base-jumping, the culture of climbing is constantly evolving. Jimmy Chin is on assignment for National Geographic to study this evolution and document the climbing culture in Yosemite Valley, home to the most classic… Read the rest

Artist and climber, Doug Lloyd, has a distinct vision to pair expressive imagery with the prominent rock features of America’s most respected climbing sites. He will travel to 12 climbing areas, study the ancient art and iconography of the region and then create his artistic interpretation at the site of… Read the rest

Birds are one of those animals that you’ll find everywhere you go. In Africa, there are tropical birds. In Antarctica, there are penguins. In urban areas, there are pigeons. In rural areas, there are—well, I’m not exactly sure, really.
But that doesn’t mean they aren’t in trouble. Several bird species… Read the rest

Summer is almost over and soon autumn will be here soon. Which means, for some of us anyway, that the seasons for surfing and kiteboarding is on its way out. But for the rest of you—you know who you are–the change of the seasons is only an opportunity to take… Read the rest

Clouds. They’re everywhere. Even on nice, sunny days when “there’s not a cloud in the sky,” you can likely spot the whisper of one off in the distance. Whether they are just wispy and appear painted across the sky, they are large and foreboding cumulonimbus or they are flat and… Read the rest

Here in the States, bicycling as a method of transportation is becoming more and more popular. What with the health benefits (who couldn’t use a little exercise?) and the money cyclists save on gas to get from place to place, there are a lot of great reasons to get on… Read the rest

It’s July and it’s hot. Maybe you were one of the many that set up camp to cool off  last weekend for the holiday, but chances are, even if you were, you’ll be heading to the local watering hole again this summer.
Whether you ski, knee board, tube or just… Read the rest

Call me a sap, but I’m one of those people that, when traveling, finds calm in the fact that I at least know one thing about the place: the sun will rise in the morning and set in the evening (that is, unless it’s one of those polar places that… Read the rest

Earlier this week, the Oregonian … Read the restposted a short article revealing a strange site in downtown Portland. A swarm of bees had followed their queen to a cherry tree. Within minutes, the cluster grew 2 feet long. They hung so low, apparently, that a skateboarder narrowly missed getting a “face full