adrenal gland

This afternoon i very nearly wimped out of a line. The dreaded "analen", the local hero chute was gnarlier than i've ever experienced here in 5 seasons. Standing on the ridge looking in my heart began to beat in my ears, i totally forgot how steep it was through there! The chute begins with a relatively easy entrance, which becomes instantly steep and bottle necks between two rock walls. Just above this bottle neck the face angle is precipitous, if you lose your edge here say good night! right at the bottleneck a rocky icy drop preceeds a tight right turn avoiding the rock wall on the left.. after surviving this another larger rock/ice drop preceeds another right hand turn avoiding a cliff drop on the left.. needless to say confidence is essential, if you hesitate you are likely to ping pong off the walls before hurtling head first over a rocky cliff!! in any case, all four of us exited heros unscathed despite a very close call for Sonny. (The last photo, does not justify the intensity of the last drop & corner!)

Some photos from around the neighborhood, hikes and adventures of late including harmonicas on the mountain!

valley

the world is cold and alive. breath freezes on my whiskers and tries to lock my eyelids together. the giants peer down from their lofty homes.

friends for life!


sets


Dropping!


secret place


field


short cut

norge. dec 17. point and shoot!

Home in the valley, where the sun threatens to rise all day long before setting early afternoon. this morning its - 23 outside, i stood out in the snow barefoot for about 1 and a half minutes then spent the next 5 minutes cursing myself!!! it is still. the kind of stillness you only find in the wild isolated winter wonderlands, nothing stirrs, it is like a still image that changes with reflections of light. the condensation between the double glazed windows has frozen solid and i am wondering how many layers i will have to wear today!

Ae-1 program / lomography redscale negative 100

I shot this one on the road from melbourne and in sydney when hanging with ken, lex and james the williams. I had this film developed in a little country town and they let me come behind the counter to work the c41 machine so that the prints didnt come out bright red!! simply scanned.

Canon AE-1 program / Ilford Delta 400 B&W

This film was shot in melbourne and camping along the great ocean road. all photos were shot on the one film, using cokin filters. no foto shop. no digital filters. just scanned. so stoked!

easy life

Far north coast lifestyle: check surf, cruise, surf, swim, eat, cruise, skate, bbq, hang out, storms, cruise, sleep.... pretty darn good for the soul!!!!! the last photo is an annual monument to the suburban lifestyle, there must be at least 10 thousand dollars of lights strung up around this brick veneer home just around the corner from my parents place. It is very seriously un-serious!