Nov. Backpacker

The new November 2009 issue of Backpacker magazine is on the stands now. No, that's not my photo on the cover, but I do have three photos inside. The first is a small photo of Lower North Falls, on the Trail of Ten Falls in Silver Falls State Park, OR. This image is found on the New Trips Near You! spread near the front of the issue, and is in conjunction with the GPS track I did for this hike. The other two images are found in the feature story, National Parks Hall of Fame - one being of summer huckleberries in Olympic Nat'l Park, WA; the other of Ka Lu'u o Ka 'O'o Crater on the Sliding Sands Trail in Haleakala Nat'l Park, HI. This is an exciting issue for me, as this is my first issue with multiple photos published. I've been doing a ton of hiking, shooting and trail tracking this summer, so I'm hoping to find many more in Backpacker's - as well as other publications' - pages coming soon.

Also of note, I've redesigned my website's home page. It now has a cleaner look, and I've incorporated a sidebar sub-menu where I can highlight recent additions - new image galleries and trail reports, and links to the most recent GPS tracks on Backpacker.com. I've also added an Awards page. There's only one photo in there presently - the Ramona Falls image that won in The Wilderness Society's Wild 45 contest - but I hope to add more soon. Check it out; I'd love any feedback you might have to share.