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East Face, Longs Peak, Dawn

© Dan Fogelberg

East Face, Longs Peak, Dawn

Uploaded: August 05, 2005 08:58:50

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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.

Comments

Colette M. Metcalf August 05, 2005

This is gorgeous!!! #289513

Jessica L. Richard August 05, 2005

very beautiful! great shot! #1681438

Terry L. Ellis level-classic August 05, 2005

Wonderful shot and story, Dan! Incredible colors! #1681595

Carla Metzler August 05, 2005

So beautiful, Dan! Always save the equiptment...no matter what! :) #1683025

Dan Fogelberg August 05, 2005

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. #1683274

KHAWLA Haddad September 24, 2005


Congratulations on your wonderful finalist!!!!! #1874955

Serena Pierce level-classic September 25, 2005

Beautiful image Dan! Congratulations!! #1883709

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