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Alaskan raised, Columbia Gorge based Filmmaker, photographer, mischief maker @wild_rye_ athlete ⚡️ White Salmon, WA
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Every mile we went more mountains appeared, sentinels watching over us unseen until we reached a high enough vantage point. We marveled at them all, the white jagged peaks towering high, so high, the clouds dusting them and us with snow, and we marveled in the cold and the trail and that marvelous fact that it kept going. We began to believe it was a pass... it had to be. ⠀
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We passed though herds of cow and yaks and those we dubbed yow’s because of indeterminable paternity. Sometimes it was fine, sometimes sketchy. Yaks are rather large, after all, and ungulates rather unpredictable in temperate and mood. No humans at all, just signs of them in trash and trails and one lonely motorbike. The day was wild and muddy and rocky and perfect, perfect alpine singletrack. We couldn’t believe we’d found it, and thanked the cow. The sun shone, and we felt free. ⠀
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The day began to close. We knew it’d be a cold night, but had shrugged it off. It’s not even 14,000 feet, we said, we’ll be fine. Just cold. We ignored the snow and our light gear and kept pushing upwards because that's what humans do, we keep going. Or at least that's what these humans did. ⠀
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And then a plum of smoke. Just a half mile from the rise of the pass, and rough hut of tarps and cut-down trees waited in a clearing. We approached, and Dongo paused in her wood splitting, her face laughing, likely mirroring our own disbelief. She ushered us in, the heat like the best sort of slap in the face. Through smiles and charades she fed us, potatoes and bacon and rice and tea. It was the best meal I’ve ever eaten.⠀
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To be cont’d....
26 Nov 2017
Dutch Harbor, Alaska. A wild, mystical place. I went up there in February with @arni_coraldo to help him document the massive eagle population there for a film he's working on. I've heard a lot about this place, from both my father and Corey (who spent several years crabbing out of Dutch) and yet I wasn't prepared for the beauty of the mountains, the vibrant blue of the sea or the capricious weather. This photo is grainy, a bit blurry, being handheld on a 70-200 with very low light and a slow shutter speed, and yet it's one of my most favorite that I've ever taken. The wildness, the freedom, the memory of exploring a place so far flung into the ocean...a privilege to be there, a privilege to see this creature existing in his place. ⠀
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This year flew by fast. I didn't post much—burnt out on sharing, processing all the major transitions in life right now, busy with work, a hunger to be more present... many reasons, all of which are true. And yet it feels fitting to reflect on all that happened this year now, as it draws to a close, and share some of the moments and memories that make up a rotation around the sun. Excited to share more with you all over these last days of the year. ✨
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23 Dec 2019
As it turns out you do turn into a pumpkin if you stay out past midnight….almost 20 years of our quantum entanglement leading to accidentally matching outfits with this one. @alisageiser and I BTS for @dannerboots this fall.
Thanks for the snap @arni_coraldo 😘
17 Oct 2022
For one fuzzy night I was the Lorax, I spoke for the trees. I hope you all vote today because voting is the…bees knees.
Not much of a poet but I did my best. Hope you vote. It really does matter. Thx @chillis86 for the group shot 🤘
03 Nov 2026
I stand with Bend and my heart is broken over this atrocity. We have to do better. Link to register to vote in my bio. And I mean it, it’s time for a whole new system—change will only happen if we demand it, loudly and without apology.
23 Oct 2026
I was at a photography exhibit @arni_coraldo was featured in last spring in France, and over a glass of champagne was talking to one of the event coordinators. I asked what she loved about photography, why she chose this work. And then I asked if she’d ever wanted to be a photographer, since she loved it so. Oh I tried, for a little while. I wasn’t very good, she said. She brushed it off, the whimsy of trying. I looked at her, said something to the effect of “you know, you’ve got to be bad at something long before you’re good at it. You’ve got to embrace being bad at it. That’s the only way to get good at it. You have to learn to love being bad at it”. She said she’d never thought of it that way, and seemed a little surprised.
I’ve thought a lot about that since. It was a simple truth I need to remember, and I thought maybe you needed to be reminded of that too. That can be picking up a camera, organizing your community for something you care about, baking a pie, trying to run, doing…anything. Go be bad at something. And be proud about it.
21 Oct 2026
My children are four and six. These aren’t questions I should have for them. These aren’t questions that parents in Bend should be asking themselves. Those children, that teacher…they should be alive. When will enough be enough? And how many times will I continue to ask that question? November is coming, it’s time to vote this madness out.
16 Oct 2026
My children in the tundra. Bristol Bay, AK, Summer of 2026. May they always stop to ponder the smallest things.
07 Oct 2026
Long overdue photo dump from a very wild shoot in Central America this spring with @astraldesigns and an all-star crew.
Scorpion sting aside, it was a lovely time in a magical place and I was grateful to be there. Headed back down that way this winter with the family and getting very excited for howler monkeys, surf, and allllllll the fruit. 🍌
#canonr5
23 Sep 2026
Last days of summer with my first baby @nookabeardog.
Photo @arni_coraldo
22 Sep 2026
Before. ❤️
Pregnancy is such a beautiful moment in a woman’s life. Also so hard physically and emotionally. This pregnancy really took it out of me—my energy was shot, my body hurt and some days it felt like a Herculean effort to accomplish even one task.
The past week has been such a whirlwind. We were not expecting a baby 3.5 weeks early and it has taken a minute to settle.
Sometimes I still can’t believe I’m no longer pregnant and our little human is earth side. It feels good to be back in my body. And also looking at these photos I’m somehow missing the bump—did I soak it in enough? Did I relish the time enough? Did I miss anything??
This, and…
It gets to be both.
The true dichotomy of being a human.
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Thank you @alynicklas for these stunning and totally impromptu maternity photos. We did them in the nick of time. 😅
10 Sep 2026
Heard rumors of this sweet fellow, waited all season in Bristol Bay to see him. On the very last night before we headed south he came out to say hello, just as the clock struck midnight. #bristolbay #fox #alaska #wildlifephotography
24 Aug 2026
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