Over the course of my life, I’ve passionately pursued a wide variety of hobbies, including skateboarding, basketball, snowboarding, rock climbing, and photography. Within each activity, I found a level of mastery where I was so physically and mentally in tune with the process that it became second nature… and I could just flow. With landscape photography, my best images often come when I’m living outside, fully immersed in my surroundings.
In late August of 2020, I set out on a series of solo backpacking trips in the mountains of Washington State. Climbing three peaks in the process, and hiking somewhere around 60 miles in ten days.
When planning for this peak, I checked the weather fore...