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Category Archives: TALES FROM THE TRAIL

I Will Survive–A Climb Up McHenry’s Peak

June 13, 2019by Nomad for Nature ~ Tranquil Light Photography 2 Comments

Roxy (myself) at the top of Stone Man Pass. I think that is Chief’s Head Peak in the background. This article was published in the Estes Park news in a […]

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TALES FROM THE TRAIL

Skis, Snowmobiles, and A Dog Named Thor

August 27, 2018by Nomad for Nature ~ Tranquil Light Photography 4 Comments

Originally written for my column Tales From The Trail, published in The Estes Park News in 2005. Barb & Joe crawled gratefully into their flimsy tent brushing snow from their […]

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ARTICLES, ESSAYS & POETRY, TALES FROM THE TRAIL

Discovery Of A B17 Bomber

February 28, 2018by Nomad for Nature ~ Tranquil Light Photography Leave a comment

In 1990 Kathy Wiegle was leading a group of horses and their riders along the Browns Lake Trail in Comanche Peaks Wilderness in Colorado when something caught her eye. Curious, […]

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ARTICLES, ESSAYS & POETRY, TALES FROM THE TRAIL

Lost At Dusk in Rocky Mountain National Park

December 27, 2016by Nomad for Nature ~ Tranquil Light Photography 4 Comments

This is a true account of a hike that went very wrong for a young lady who was not prepared for the trail less travelled ~ Published in the Estes […]

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ARTICLES, ESSAYS & POETRY, Rocky Mountain National Park, TALES FROM THE TRAIL

Out On A Ledge ~ Stuck Overnight on Long’s Peak During a Snow Storm.

June 21, 2016by Nomad for Nature ~ Tranquil Light Photography 1 Comment

(The above image is available for purchase on my web page as a picture, tote, shower curtain and more… ~ Just click on the image to view it larger).   […]

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Rocky Mountain National Park, TALES FROM THE TRAIL

38-Hours–A Six-Hour Canyoneering Adventure Gone Wrong

January 24, 2016by Nomad for Nature ~ Tranquil Light Photography Leave a comment

It was November 2010, and my then partner, Norman, and I decided to do a short technical canyoneering trip. I was hoping to get some photographs as well as experience […]

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OOPS! WHEN THINGS GO WRONG, San Raphael Swell Area, TALES FROM THE TRAIL

Sunrise to Sunrise–An epic adventure on Long’s Peak.

March 6, 2012by Nomad for Nature ~ Tranquil Light Photography 1 Comment

  SUNRISE TO SUNRISE Bruce and Dick had done the Kieners Route on Long’s Peak twice before, always in July, but this year they were doing it a little earlier […]

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TALES FROM THE TRAIL

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