Welcome! I am a contemplative thinker and photographer from Colorado. In this blog, you'll discover photographs that I've taken on my hiking and backpacking trips, mostly in the American West. I've paired these with my favorite inspirational and philosophical quotes - literary passages that emphasize the innate spirituality of the natural world. I hope you enjoy them!

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In the Spirit of Wildness,

Stephen Hatch
Fort Collins, Colorado

P.S. There's a label index at the bottom of the blog.

Sunday, January 12, 2014

Extreme weather baptizes and washes us clean of the stresses and ego-concerns of life in society.


I took this shot on the most challenging day I've ever spent photographing in the outdoors.  The clouds really let loose, and it poured all day long.  I had trouble keeping the camera dry, and got water inside the monitor screen, damaging it for a week afterwards.  But the day was amazing!  Like John Muir, I felt like I was being baptized in the storm, washed clean of the stresses and ego-concerns of life in society.  On the way back to the campground, I saw a grizzly bear in the distance, but my camera was much too wet by then to be usable.  What memories!

Photo: Wild Buckwheat flowers and Grinnell Lake on a rainy day; Glacier National Park, MT; August 2, 2013

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