From North to South

Amy's ramblings. Once upon a time these ramblings pertained to my 5 months in Guatemala and Honduras. Then they followed the ebb and flow of my final semester in Alaska. From there things really went south ... to Argentina, Bolivia and Chile. After 8 months in the Andes, I fell back under Alaska's spell … working at a newspaper and wandering mountains. Now I'm somewhat south again ... in Jackson Hole, WY, teaching ski school on the clock and making fresh tracks off the clock.

: Name: Amy; Location: Alaska, United States

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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Mount Marathon

For the Fourh of July Joshua and I headed down to Seward to cover Mount Marathon -- an annual race up and down a mountain famed for it's mud, scree and steep chutes. (The top finishers always end up bloody.) Joshua filmed for Channel 2 and I shot photos for the Alaska Star. This meant hauling a hell of a lot of gear over slick mud and up melting snow. In addition to the clothes and food needed to spend the day on the side of a mountain, between us we had a huge broadcast camera, a Nikon D200 and a few lenses. Here's some of the better photos from the day.

Joshua

Women's race (one of Joshua's photos, he took a few stills when not filming with the broadcast camera)

This was my best photo

View of Seward from the side of the mountain

Eagle Riverite decked out in Fourth of July running clothes

One of Joshua's photos

More of Joshua

Joshua filming Cedar, the hometown gal who has won the race for the last several years

If you click on the photo and look close, you can see each individual water droplet

Labels: Alaska, Alaska Star, Channel 2, Fourth of July, Joshua, Mount Marathon, photos, Race, Seward, summer

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