I've decided to use this space on my website to document my daily, or weekly, photoshoots. This is in part to have something to look back on as a gauge of self-improvement and character building, but also the fact that I feel like my memory is leaving me faster than I'm able to replace it by new thoughts and experiences. Perhaps I should eat more blueberries. I have always used photography as a means to recall where I've been and what I've done, (being that memory is fundamentally very fallible), and have found it a useful means of recollecting the past. Very little 'art' here; this is mostly for me. So, sorry, but enjoy regardless. 

-Dirt

May 26, 2018

Rj commented that Chris's lips looked blue at the top of Mt. Evans. Be careful when climbing mountains, especially when coming to sea level. Altitude sickness is real, and really the only cure is descent. Rapid, rapid descent. Like free-fall rate. But don't do that, because it may hurt when you land. But not like you would even know. Because you'd just explode. Actually it'd probably be way too fast to feel pain. Moving on. Enjoy the mountains. Bring snacks, and water. 

Sensei Christopher Cui visited a couple weeks ago from Virginia. It was his first trip to Colorado. On his last day we drove to the top of Mt. Evans, the highest peak in the front grange, and the highest paved road in the U.S. We happened to go the weekend it opened as it is only accessible during the Summer. There are many mountain goats along the drive on the way up, and at the peak. We arrived early, around 7am, and there were already a handful of photographers at the peak taking photos of goats, and the skyline. Rj walked in front of one of them then exclaimed 'Whatever, I don't care, he's taken enough photos.' The road up is rather treacherous, with steep drops along the rim. I tend not to get weary of altitudes but found that I was particularly nervous during the drive. Chris also commented on it. After arriving and parking at the top, we immediately noticed how thin the air was. Taking a few steps resulting in an almost instantaneous mild light-headedness. The path up to the actual summit still was ice packed so we didn't summit, and that was probably for the better.