Less Than Eleven Feet

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Less Than Eleven Feet

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Page By: Nelson

Created/Edited: Aug 20, 2007 / Aug 20, 2007

Object ID: 326506

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Wind River Range, Indian Basin, Fremont Peak, August 2007

Over the years of drinking beer and margaritas together, my friend Jeff and I dreamt about doing something more active together. This year the stars aligned and we headed off to Wyoming's Wind River Range. Jeff decided that we must be the only two grown adults in the range whose combined height is less than eleven feet. Trail and summit registers have been signed stating that fact. (Jeff towers several inches above my 5’ 2” frame, so we still have quite a ways to go for eleven feet, actually).

For a first trip to the Winds we settled on the accessible Elkhart trailhead, into the incomparable Indian and Titcomb Basins for 5 days. We bagged Fremont Peak 165 years to the day after John C. Fremont was first on the mountain. We finished with a couple of days in Lander, visiting Sinks Canyon and hiking miles up the Middle Popo Agie River. (Extra credit for those who can correctly pronounce that Crow Indian name – I couldn’t).

The Winds exceeded expectations. We are already scheming for a less than eleven feet sequel next year.

Images

It Ain’t Over Til It’s Over

Indian Basin Lake

Boulder in Little Seneca Lake

Fremont and Jackson Peaks

Looking down on a rainbow

Upper Titcomb Basin from Fremont Peak

Popo Agie Falls

Trail into Titcomb Basin

Indian Basin Camp

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jfox

Very very nice...

Voted 10/10

pictures Nelson! Now I know I have to visit the Wind River Range sometime. Thanks for sharing!

j

Posted Aug 21, 2007 11:17 am

BazZ

compliments

Voted 10/10

for this very nice serie.

Posted Aug 21, 2007 2:07 pm


	Nelson	Re: compliments
	Hasn't voted	Thanks very much. These mountains made it easy to get some good shots.
		Posted Aug 21, 2007 7:04 pm


	BazZ	Re: compliments
	Voted 10/10	Even then they look pretty profesional.
		Posted Aug 22, 2007 1:04 pm


	Nelson	Re: compliments
	Hasn't voted	Thanks very much. It's true I did work at these, and I appreciate the recognition. My 35 pound pack included more than 4 pounds of camera gear, and a lot of time was spent scouting out the best compositions and then waiting for good light. Then, of course, I just got lucky with the weather on occasion. I recently read a book titled The Tao of Photography: Seeing Beyond Seeing by Philippe L. Gross. Recommeded, for the photos if nothing else. It helped me keep my eyes open for compositions I might otherwise have missed. Regards, Nelson
		Posted Aug 23, 2007 8:42 am


	BazZ	Re: compliments
	Voted 10/10	You are totaly right. My best photo's are when I was sitting on a nice place, just looking around and after half an hour I take my camara and start shooting. I think thats why I have so much pictures of insects, just sit wait and watch. Thanks for the tip of the book, I'm sure I'm gonna read it. Greets Bas
		Posted Aug 23, 2007 1:49 pm

Bill Reed

Really nice.........

Voted 10/10

Album, Nelson! Glad to see that you made it up there.

Posted Oct 9, 2007 8:21 pm


	Nelson	Re: Really nice.........
	Hasn't voted	Thanks Bill. You were right: the place is amazing! We definitely want to return next year, and spend more than 5 days in the backcountry.
		Posted Oct 10, 2007 3:17 am

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