Best Memories from Hiking & Mountaineering over the Last 15 years, 1997-2012

This has to be hands-down my favorite album of this entire website. It’s the absolute best of my landscape photography and hiking memories that paint a detailed picture of my love for Hiking, Mountaineering, and Photography. I really like how you can see my progression in my talent as well as how my face has aged over the years—it really gives you a good idea of how long I’ve been doing this stuff. I would like to give a strong thanks to my parents and especially my wife who tolerates me to continue to do what I love. I don’t think that I could still be doing this stuff as a Father at the level that I’m doing it at if I was wasn't a father and married to a women who could tolerate my sport. It's probably one of the most dangerous sports there are, but then again, I'm not so much in it for the thrill of the climbing, rather the thrill of bringing back awesome pictures for all to see.

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8, Lake Italy, July 1999
Lake Italy
9, Me, 20 years Old @ Iceberg Lake, September 1999
Me years Old Iceberg Lake
13a, Lake Catherine Basecamp, August 2000
13a Lake Catherine Basecamp
13b, Banner Peak & Mt Ritter Guard Lake Catherine and the Ritter Lakes, August 2000
13c, The Lowest Ritter Lake, August 2000
13b Lowest Ritter Lake
14a, Me 21 years Old and My Mother @ the lower Goethe Lake, August 2000
14a mother lower Goethe Lake
14b, My Mother walking back down to Muriel Lake, Mt Humphreys and Piute Pass in the Background, August 2000
14b Mom walking Muriel Lake
15a, Vee Lake and Seven Gables, October 2000
15a Vee Lake
15b, Me, 21 years Old @ Vee Lake, October 2000
15b Me years Old Vee Lake
17a, Half Dome Sunset, January 2001
17a Half Dome Sunset
17b, Looking down and West from the Base of the Cables on Half Dome, January 2001
17b Looking West Base Cables
17c, Half Dome without the Cables up, January 2001
17c Halfdome Cable less
17d, Looking down from atop of Half Dome, January 2001
17d Looking atop Halfdome January
17e, Half Dome covered in snow, January 2001
17e Halfdome January
17f, Me 22 years Old, atop of Half Dome, January 2001
17f years Old atop Half Dome
18a, McClure Lake, July 2001
18a McClure Lake
18b, A Close-up view of McClure Lake taken from near the Isberg Trail, July 2001
18b Close McClure Lake
19a, Long Lake, July 2001
19a Long Lake
19b, The Dusy Basin, July 2001
19b The Dusy Basin
19c, Me 22 years Old, resting on the East side of Knapsack Pass with the North Palisade in the Background, July 2001
19c years Old Knapsack Pass
19d, The North Palisade as seen from the Barret Lakes Basin, July 2001
19d The North Palisade
20a, Hell-for-Sure Pass & Lake, July 2001
20a Hell Sure Pass Lake
20b, Horseshoe Lake, July 2001
20b Horseshoe Lake
21a, Columbine Lake from Sawtooth Pass, August 2001
21a Columbine Lake Sawtooth Pass
21b, Sawtooth Peak, August 2001
21b Sawtooth Peak
24, Me 23 Years Old, atop of Mt Whitney, April 2002
24 Years Old atop Whitney
25a, Me 23 Years Old, Safely over a snow-covered Silver Fox Pass and on my way to Peter Pande Lake, June 2002
25a Years Old Silver Fox Pass
25b, Peter Pande Lake, June 2002
25b Peter Pande Lake
25c, Anne Lake, Iced-Over, June 2002
25c Anne Lake Iced Over
26, The Mammoth Minarets as seem from atop of Volcanic Ridge, June 2002
26 Mammoth Minarets
35a, Looking over Vernal Falls, May 2006
35a Looking Vernal Falls
35b, Me 27 years Old, climbing up Half Dome with the Cables Down, May 2006
35b years Old climbing cabless Half Dome
35c, Me 27 years Old with my feet dangling off of the Face of Half Dome, May 2006
35c years Old atop Half Dome
35d, Me 27 years Old atop of Half Dome, May 2006
35d years Old atop Half Dome
35e, Me 27 years Old atop of Half Dome and Tenaya Canyon in the Background, May 2006
35e years Old atop Half Dome
35f, Looking North towards Tenaya Canyon from atop of Half Dome, May 2006
35f Looking North Half Dome
36a, Me 27 years Old, Mystery Lake--Picture taken by My Wife, July 2006
36a years Old Mystery Lake Picture taken Wife
36b, My Wife @ Mystery Lake, July 2006
36b Wife Mystery Lake
36c, Sunset near Island Lake in the Dinkey Lakes Wilderness, July 2006
36c Sunset near Island Lake Dinkey Lakes Wilderness
36d, My Wife does a little rockhopping to cross the stream below South Lake, July 2006
36d Veronica Crossing stream South Lake
36e, Me 27 years Old, on the Trail beside Mystery Lake--picture taken by My Wife, July 2006
36e years Old Trail beside Mystery Lake taken Wife
37, Me 28 years Old, Ice Climbing above the 2nd Lake, April 2007
37 Iceclimbing above 2nd Lake
38a, Silver Fox Pass with practically now snow, June 2007
38a Silver Fox Pass
38b, Peter Pande Lake, June 2007
38b Peter Pande Lake
38d, Anne Lake & Peter Pande, June 2007
38c Anne Lake Peter Pande
38c, Anne Lake Above Peter Pande Lake, June 2007
38c Anne Lake Above Peter Pande
38e, Looking Down on the Graveyard Lakes on my way to Graveyard Peak, June 2007
38d Looking Down Graveyard Lakes
38f, Devils Bathtub, Edison Lake, and Florence Lake in the Distance as seen from near the Graveyard Peak, June 2007
38g Devils Bathtub Edison Lake Florence Graveyard Peak June 2007

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Best Memories from Hiking & Mountaineering over the Last 15 years, 1997-2012