Category Archives: Photography

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Photo Feature: What’s the Best After-Work Adventure Gear? in Outside Online

  ~What’s the Best After-Work Adventure Gear? in Outside Online~ Keep this kit in your car and you’ll be ready for the trail as soon as 5 p.m. rolls around Jun 16, 2016 A compilation of […]

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Photo Feature: Best Campsites Ever in Backpacker Magazine

~Best Campsites Ever in Backpacker Magazine~ The sights of solitude     June 15, 2016 Isle Royale National Park didn’t get on my wish list until shortly before this photo was made. It had always […]

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Feature Story: Wilderness Year Resupply for Frost River

  ~Wilderness Year Resupply~ WE WEREN’T THINKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF SNOW… cold, moose or even campfire when we reached the end of the road and the wide sandy landing at entry point #39: Baker […]

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Photo Feature: What’s the Best Killer-Value Gear? via Outside Online

~What’s the Best Killer-Value Gear?~ You don’t need pricey gizmos to have fun outside. These 8 pieces of just-good-enough gear cost less than $100 combined. May 17, 2016 Feed your inner dirtbag, or cheapskate, with […]

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Photo Feature: Birding in Minnesota via Audubon.org

~Birding in Minnesota~ There’s plenty to see in Minnesota. The land of 10,000 lakes and the U.S.-top of the Mississippi Flyway has a wealth of pristine bird habitats. April 28, 2016 I was thrilled to […]

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Photo Feature: Best 100 Miles in Backpacker Magazine

~Best 100 Miles in Backpacker Magazine~ Explore national parks. Travel the country. Share exciting stories. Wish it would never end.     June 15, 2015 When my wife finished with graduate school, we made one […]

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Taranaki Falls Hike on a New Zealand Honeymoon

The Taranaki Falls Loop Hike from the small village of Whakapapa, New Zealand, winds over 6 kilometers of beautiful alpine terrain. We hiked it on day 4 in New Zealand. We were supposed to make […]

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Photo Feature: Celebrating the Art of Adventure in Backpacker Magazine

  ~Celebrating the Art of Adventure in Backpacker Magazine~ Our planet is an amazing place. These incredible photos, excerpted from the book “The Art of Adventure,” celebrate all kinds of ways to enjoy it. Apr […]

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Cover Photo: Heritage Values in Contemporary Society

~Heritage Values in Contemporary Society~ What do we value about the past?     Jan 13, 2010 I shot the cover image for Heritage Values in Contemporary Society when I was traveling in Cambodia in the […]

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Photo Feature: Best Job Ever via Backpacker Magazine

  ~Best Job Ever in Backpacker Magazine~ Explore national parks. Travel the country. Share exciting stories. Wish it would never end.     Jan 13, 2015 It wasn’t an empty boast when in May of […]

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