 Here, in OUTDOORS we find Summitlake's collection of articles, stories, slides, photos (and even poems) on an outdoors theme. You'll discover articles on camping, hiking, hunting, fishing, climbing -- and people -- connecting with the great Outdoors.
Inevitably, a website gravitates to certain themes. We've long published articles, essays, poetry and graphic images with an Outdoors theme. From the start, Summitlake.com was built around the idea that the way we relate to the world around us isn't just based on arbitrary media metaphors, but on a deeper sense of belonging to ... everything. As we wrote in "About Summitlake.com", Such a place would be public, in the sense of a park or a wilderness, but would be private too, in the sense that no two visitors ever take away quite the same experience.
Here, then, we offer pages which best depict the sense of beauty which so enriches life. There are many sources of deep original beauty in the arts, literature, music, media and the theater. Ultimately, these have their origins in the source material itself: the Outdoors Universe. Work is authored and copyrighted by the articles' authors and photo contributors. |
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Stupid Half Dome Stunt
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Alex remembers: “... Not photographed: toes over the edge, I leaned forward so I could see the valley floor between my feet. I've done lots of stupid things in my life, but that stunt takes the cake." In Outdoors. |
Posted December 29, 2009Subscribe to RSS
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Posted December 28, 2009Matterhorn Peak 1972 - Slide Show
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A new slideshow: My 1972 9-day solo backpack into the high country of northwest Yosemite. Slide show of 4 folders - click any folder to view enclosed images. To start, read the ABOUT graphic in the gallery. You may use each picture's download icon for extra large desktop images for your own use. Link to Jalbum here. In OUTDOORS. |
Posted December 28, 2009My Cathedral
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Memory is a funny phenomenon. Sometimes it all begins with a simple idea or statement ... We may come away with a connection we hadn't made before. This narrative begins with a connection between a PBS Nature special, and a mis-labeled 1972 photograph. See post for the article. In OUTDOORS. |
Posted December 26, 2009Garnet Lake
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Dave writes: “Here’s a pan of Garnet Lake, near Mammoth. Buddy Russ and I hiked in in July of ‘07. It’s six miles in from the Agnew
Meadows trailhead, with an elevation gain of 2,000 ft ..." Dave's 2007 hike into Garnet Lake. Panorama, photos and narrative in
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Posted April 05, 2009Al Jemima
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Most everybody had a "camp name" -- a name or nickname by which you were known, but mainly in camp. Tom became "Tomasco". Joe became
"Speedy". Uncle Tom was "Tio Tom". Here's the story of how my camp name became "Al Jemima". |
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