In 2001, a friend of mine and his father set out on a camping trip in Glacier National Park. It was a 14 mile hike from the trailhead to the campsite, and along the way, they met some doctors that were on the same journey. My friend sped up towards the end of the hike to see where they'd be sleeping, and while he was ahead, his father had a heart attack. The doctors found his father, did some life saving doctor things and had him airlifted out of the park to a hospital. There also happened to be a long distance runner already at the campsite who, the following morning after the helicopter came, ran down the 14 mile trail and the extra several miles to my friend's car, and drove it back to the trailhead to save time for the rest of the group. It's a hell of a story that I haven't been able to stop thinking about all weekend. My friend's father was at the party where the story was told and still keeps in touch and visits the doctors that saved his life. Great ending.The above picture is from Glacier Park Magazine's 100 Days In Glacier feature that celebrates the park's 100th birthday in 2010. More after the jump.
Mikael Kennedy
I've been emailing with Mikael Kennedy back and forth for the past several months, and although the two of us live less than a mile from one another, we have yet to meet. Busy lives I suppose, although Mikael's involves a bit more traveling, something that I've been trying hard to keep up with.Peter Hay Halpert has posted a large online gallery of Mikael's polaroids for your viewing pleasure, so go on over and be sure to take a look. No word on the show dates, but let's hope it's up sometime at the beginning of the new year, so the two of us can finally say hello.
Crater Lake
Crater Lake is located in Southern Oregon on the crest of the Cascade Mountains. It lies inside a caldera (a large crater formed by volcanic explosion or by collapse of a volcanic cone) created when the 12,000 foot high Mount Mazama collapsed 7,700 years ago following a large eruption. The lake, supplied by an average of 533 inches of snow per year, is 1,943 feet deep, making it the deepest lake in the United States and the seventh deepest in the world.MP3: Liz Phair - Crater Lake
Documerica: David Hiser
On December 2, 1971, its first anniversary, the EPA inititated Project Documerica to document the successes and failures of the EPA in battling environmental degradation. “EPA has a clear mandate to arrest pollution and to help improve the American environment,” said William D. Ruckelshaus, head of the EPA, in a 1971 press release. “We are working toward a new environmental ethic in this decade which will bring profound change in how we live, and in how we provide for future generations. It is important that we document that change so future generations will understand our successes and our failures.” (via)The pictures above are David Hiser's contribution to Documerica, a series of photos of America's southwest desert. See more after the jump.
