kevin

> we're not going to get anywhere by blaming the victims and threatening to withhold federal …

I do wear a waterproof jacket over my wetsuit and tuck my camera under it when there's sea spray. I also carry my extra equipment in a dry bag that sits in the hull of the jet ski. I've never used any sort of housing for photographing from a jet …

Thanks! Had to come back to look at the photos myself. I miss the adventure already. I forgot to share this photo @xelanil shot. It's our mountain shadow as we descended from Shepherd Pass on the last night.

> I see a difference in people taking high risk to document something of large importance I had to ask myself if it was important enough to get a shot looking down a moulin to climbers hundreds of feet below. Worth it to put my life on a rope …

No trail with low visibility, that's hardcore map and compass work! Wow, this is a really incredible report. It's rare these days that you meet people that have experienced a remote wilderness like this. Thank you for sharing.

There is nowhere like the Sierra of California in North America. It has a special place in my heart. It's the only region of vast uninterrupted alpine land. There are thousands of square miles of lakes and plateaus above the treeline. Other ranges, …

I did part of the JMT a week ago: https://www.cake.co/conversations/hdBPTsX/hiking-the-john-muir-trail-on-the-brink-of-winter @tod, like you did last year, we went in the shoulder season. It was a wonderful trip. We didn't see a single person for …

Welcome, Dallas! I'm a huge fan of your photography work. It's a pleasure seeing you post about it here on Cake. Congrats for pushing the envelope, and keeping your creativity going as a photographer rather than chasing the likes!

Thank you 🙏 It’s a dream of mine to hike something as grand as the Appalachian Trail!

Super excited to have you here on Cake, JazliAziz! I look forward to seeing your posts.

Nice gear list! This inspires me to get rid of some of my heavier stuff. Yeah, 50lb pack and worn weight was killer, especially on my 155 lb frame. I'm glad I brought 2 sleeping bags for the 0-degree night and a 3 season tent. In the summer, my …

Day 5 We found a guy listed on the US forest service website that provides hiker transportation. $70 got us a ride from Shepherd pass trailhead to Onion Valley. From there we collected the other car at Whitney …

Day 4 That morning I filled my camelback with water from a flowing river nearby, added my Aquamira treatment drops, then waited the specified 20 minutes before drinking. To my surprise, the 2 liters of water was nearly frozen solid. This cemented …

Day 3 The weather was better the next morning. The storm broke around 9 am. @xelanil's view from his tent: https://photos.smugmug.com/Family-and-Friends/October-SEKI-Adventure/n-CKFm2t/i-2HMqGL2/0/1b667327/O/i-2HMqGL2.jpg Alex's thermometer read …

Day 2 We woke up to a sunny but chilly morning with 20 mph winds. The view of Kearsarge lake from our camping sport was incredible. We got on the trail at 11 am, undesirably late. But we were so cold in the morning, it was hard to get out of our …

Day 1 A thru-hike is logistically complicated. Luckily, we had two cars on our trip, so we placed a car at both the starting and ending trailhead. It took a few hours to place the getaway car at Whitney Portal then drive to Onion Valley for our …

We meticulously packed for this trip. It wasn't our normal Sierra backpacking trip where great summer weather allows for mistakes in packing. Arctic conditions are usually present in mid-October in the high Sierra. The right amount of food, fuel …

We wanted to hike a total of 30 to 40 miles in 5 days and we wanted to see the backcountry of Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks (SEKI), specifically the majestic alpine zone around the treeline. Approaching that part of SEKI from the western …

Last week two good friends and I adventured into the backcountry of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. It was 5-day backpacking trip on the eve of a Sierra winter. The plan was to track the last 40 miles of the John Muir trail. The extreme …

@billpusztai Welcome to Cake! Beautiful shot! It seems sometimes only panos can capture the true grandeur of the big mountains. I just got back from backpacking in Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks, and I felt that a pano was the only way to …

So awesome! I need to train my pup to work for me. ---- Here she is trying on her new shoes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HtZWs9Kbyk

I'm going backpacking in a week, and I'd love to share the journey with you all via a Cake conversation with text and photos. Our group will be deep in the high country of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, far from cell service. I'd need a …

I think it looks pixelated because of the high compression stream YouTube is serving us. Wish I had an MP4 version of the video to play in Quicktime to compare. I think technologies like Hypermooth are the future because gimbals are bulky and have …

Great points! This brings up some philosophical questions, like how does consciousness work and how does it affect human creativity? And consciousness is something a machine might never possess. The term singularity in the context of technology …

Software-wise we're getting there. Machines are progressively getting better and better at more complex tasks. Decades ago they were better than any human at arithmetic. Now intelligent machines can drive cars, play jeopardy or chess far far better …