Tag: panorama

Some panoramas I’ve taken in the wild over the years, originally shared in little blocks on Instagram. They look better when stitched together, don’t they? Enjoy!

Biking down a 14er
Bikes, Latergram
There’s a road all the way to the summit of White Mountain (14,246ft), which makes it by far the easiest 14er summit in California (or perhaps anywhere in the USA). From what I understand, once a year the final 7 miles of chunky road even opens for the general public to drive past the gate! How easy, but how darn cool. The White range affords spectacular views of the High Sierra range, the Inyos, and Death Valley on a clear day, and White Mountain itself is beautiful as a lava cake with caramel sauce. (But it’s not white, nor is it edible.) Maybe because it’s so accessible, its summit log has been a bit abused, with people scribbling their names on any piece of anything they can […]

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Hayduke Desert Panoramas
2016.06.18
Hayduke, Hiking
My 850-mile backpacking trip this Spring took me through Southern Utah and Northern Arizona, through all these National Parks and wild lands I’d never seen before. What better way to see them for the first time than to walk through them and sleep in their dirt? I couldn’t think of one. I took some neato panoramic photos, so maybe the next best way to look at them is to click on them, blow them up in your browser, look around, and pretend you’re there. Most these iPhone panoramas were taken in remote areas, difficult to get to by car or foot, and most of them were on detours or alternates off the main Hayduke route. Get yourself an eye full of red rock! Arches Canyonlands I took […]

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Bryce 1 of 3
Hayduke, Latergram
A little 8-mile walk through Bryce this morning to pick up my backcountry permit and bear vault. Crossing my Ts and dotting my Is, cuz I’m a goodie two shoes. Permits were easy because as fate would have it I met the cool ranger, Amanda, in February when we were both hiking the Super Bloom in Death Valley (cool, huh Pepperflake ?) No hassle about weather, being solo, bear safety, elevation, water sources etc etc. It helps when the ranger already knows you’re nuts (😉 @muddyhikingboots). I got hailed on the second I left the Visitor Center, but the sun poking through clouds and glancing off these steeples, sometimes making them look translucent, was worth the mild discomfort. “Feels like” temp was 32° but tons of foreign […]

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