Whittier Alaska

by Tim Newton

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Whittier Alaska

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Tim Newton

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Photograph - Photography

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Here's Whittier, Alaska, and Passage Canal, as seen one fine summer day in 2009 from the upper slopes of Mt. Maynard (the mountain through which the Whittier Tunnel passes).

I've only been up here once. I was planning to entirely circumnavigate Mt. Maynard that day, but got turned around on Maynard glacier, not coming prepared to tempt fate across snow-covered crevasses. So instead I decided to climb and cross the East face of the mountain, and come down on the South side. Coming down, however, I kept getting cliffed out, and around 5:30 pm finally decided I had to re-trace my steps if I was going to get back safely. So I re-climbed the mountain and came back down on Maynard Glacier at the North side. For me, it was harrowing in a number of places, and I don't really recommend it as a hike. But I'm glad to have this photo for my trouble! :-)

This image was captured in RAW format at full resolution with a Canon 5d Mk II camera, 24-105 mm f/4.0 IS L lens, handheld, 24 mm, 1/100 sec, f/8, ISO 100, 17.6 MB, 5004x3573 px.

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2009_06_28_IMG_00931.CR2

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March 19th, 2015

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