Come Hiking With Us

[Greg_Nuspel]

OK I'll come hike with you. That looks like a wonderful spot to go. Come out here and I'll show you a few stream crossings that will re-define cold for you. Nothing like some glacier water to wake you up and make you wonder if you just changed gender

[kat]

Really neat looking!

[kiley9806]

that was a great trip - thanks for taking us along!! beautiful scenery & what a fantastic way to spend a day... that 2nd photo should have a parental discretion advisory before it though! lol the mushrooms shot & weird close up to the rocks pic looked very good to me as well... wish i were plunging into that water with ya... we got 3 more inches of snow yesterday. (and good thing you go LAs permission on posting that last shot - thats the 1st thought that popped into my mind! hee hee)

[EJC]

Greg is right on both counts:

1. You did a fabulous job catching that wonderful scenery
2. If jump in a river in the Alberta Rockies you will need a defibrillator not a camera and life time hormone therapy!

cheers
EJC

[Mad Aussie]

Thanks for those comments folks. Yes, I'm under no illusion of cold ... NZ has glaciers and glacier fed rivers etc and we get over there every few years for holidays.
The water wasn't too cold at all ... but after hiking/sliding/pants tearing our way down a 500m 45 degree bank we were quite hot so that didn't help. Once in the water you didn't want to get out.

So hard being there with only a P&S camera though! I wanted a tripod, a wide angle and my DSLR.

With the Hurricane about to hit land in our region I doubt I'll get back there for awhile now. Are you guys getting news about this storm over there? It's packing a punch like Hurricane Katrina apparently, or was last I heard.
We should be ok where we are though, might get flooded in but should stay dry.

[kiley9806]

yikes - nope, havent heard anything about the storm over there. sure hope you and yours are safe & sound!

[Mad Aussie]

I think we'll be ok. It should have settled before it gets here if it does.

[EJC]

Hey MA

You Aussies are already having a tough year with fires and the economy. I hope this hurricane takes it easy on you. Best wishes!

EJC

[Mad Aussie]

Hey MA

You Aussies are already having a tough year with fires and the economy. I hope this hurricane takes it easy on you. Best wishes!

EJC

Thanks EJC. The Hurricane is still Cat 4 but has now turned slightly and is traveling parallel to the coast ... which means it could come closer to us here in Brisbane before crossing the coast. I didn't REALLY want 200+ kph winds for the March assignment

[Gem]

Ewwwww, that second one is SUPER gross! But other than that, nice shots! Sucks you couldn't take your dSLR though