Wilderness Exposure

Kodak moments

2011-04-25T22:10:00.006-06:00

Meet Kodak my new Alaskan Malamute:) New to me as of March 1st anyway. He was born January 1st 2011.

His first day at his new home.

His third day home working the camera.

Three months old. About one month after coming to his new home. This is pretty much his first hike longer then a couple blocks.
Three months old taking a pooch snooze on a friends futon. Everybody else sat on the floor because they didn't want to disturb his cuteness.

Four months old after a bath and not looking to pleased about it.

Mystery Canyon!!!

2011-02-11T19:25:00.008-07:00

Mystery Canyon in Southern Utah a couple years back...

This is BY FAR my most favorite place in the world! Mystery Canyon is exactly how the name sounds. Few people are aloud in there a year, and if I remember correctly, there are 13 rappels so it requires some solid mountaineering skills. Not for the faint of heart or in-experienced, unless lead by a very experienced and well prepared individual.

In this slot canyon you will encounter some serious rappels (up to at least 150' so you'll need two ropes), a couple rappels over waterfalls, probably dehydration for some crew members (unless you have an experienced leader), indian ruins, gorgeous scenery, and extreme landscapes sculpted by Mother Nature's forces.

It is a life changing experience that opens your eyes to what Mother Nature has to offer.

Big rappel over minor waterfall. However, setting up said rappel is far from minor.

Me looking oh so serious about the next rappel.

Last rappel over a waterfall into the middle of The Narrows. Watch out for stunned tourists taking pictures.

Lone Peak

2011-02-10T23:51:00.003-07:00

My old climbing partner from Utah. The guy is a complete stud and badass, although he is using my jacket because he got cold,... Just sayin bro ;)
This is Lone Peak which is a 7 mile gruesome hike up a mountain that we have to start at about 6:30 in the morning just to have a chance to climb and get down before or slightly after dark. We've yet to complete it but plan to go back and concur this thing.
Seriously how can you pass up waking up at 5:30ish just to beat yourself senseless on a hike just to climb a 500' vertical cliff at the top, degrade each other the whole way to keep your own moral up, and then hike seven miles down a mountain feeling like an 80 year old man because of soreness and exhaustion.
Great way to spend a Saturday in my opinion folks.

Another point of view from the last pic. That's the SLC valley to the right and the Provo valley to the left.

New Years 2010

2011-02-10T23:16:00.003-07:00

The last sunset of 2010. It was quite the race and honestly I missed the best shot. But still it was worth it.

2010 was a good year and much was accomplished. I moved to CO, I broke my leg jumping off a building, I discovered what really drives my as a person, both through work and the fact that I couldn't do much with a broken leg, and I made new friends. Lets all enjoy the final setting of the sun with joy and a renewed sense of ambition to do bigger and greater things with the new year.

Cheers my friends.

SnowScape

2010-02-07T18:02:00.003-07:00

Decided to take a little snowshoeing journey up Little Cottonwood Canyon before all the snow melted.

Alta Brighton Ridge

2009-06-10T14:13:00.002-06:00

I decided to go do a little reconnaissance of Albion Basin a few days ago to see how the wild flowers where coming along. Well the flowers aren't coming along... yet. There's still snow on the ground there. So instead of just bailing off the mountain I decided to pick a random direction and head up. I made it to the top of the ridge running between Alta and Brighton and traversed it for a few hundred yards until I found this dead tree that peaked my interest. I think I need to lighten the photo a bit but other then that I think it turned out rather nice. Another successful day up the ever rewarding Little Cottonwood Canyon.

Zion National Park

2009-06-03T18:33:00.003-06:00

I took a trip to Zion National Park this past weekend with my good friend Brian and ended up with some great experiences and photos. We completed 3 slot canyons ( Keyhole, Pine Creek, Spry) all without wetsuits, despite the insistent urging of the park rangers. We also did the short hike to Emerald Pools that resulted in a good number of successful photo encounters. The photo above is the view from our campsite.

Emerald Pools

Hiking to Emerald Pools

Spry Canyon

Bell Canyon

2009-06-03T18:03:00.002-06:00

Found this shot while hiking around in Bell Canyon during the Fall season a few years back.

Carpet Of Color

2008-05-16T13:18:00.003-06:00

So lets see... This photo is one of my favorites. It was taken in Little Cottonwood Canyon in Utah last November. LCC is famous for it's recreation, particularly rock climbing. I absolutely love climbing; so much so that on a rainy day when the rocks are wet and you can't climb I can sometimes be found out there at least scrambling around on whatever I can stick to. Luckily I had my camera with me this time...

It was a rainy Sunday afternoon (anybody else feel like that sounds like the beginnings of a ghost story?) and it was fall, so climbing season was about to be stomped on by some winter snow. I was out in the LCC trying to get my last doses of pebble wrestling in before that happened.

I drove up the canyon and parked when the vibe felt right (it vibed at about a quarter mile up), got out of the car, threw on the GorTex ProShell, grabbed the pack and headed for Up. I was having a blast trudging up the side of the mountain hitting trees to see how much water could fall on me and still come out perfectly dry, I love my GorTex. Ok so that fun only lasted for so long... Halfway up the side of the mountain I start seeing some good boulders, a few the size of houses. In fact there's a boulder up there where you can fit an entire house under the overhang of the boulder. I would not want to be in the way of that thing as it came down. The next few hours are a blur of color and euphoria as I display my rock ninja skills for all the wildlife to see (more like laugh) so I can't really tell you what happened. But somewhere in all that scrambling I managed to capture this beauty. Good times!

Into the Wild

2008-05-15T12:50:00.001-06:00

Welcome to the blog of David Maybury, me. I spend a lot of time in the wilderness with my camera climbing, hiking, camping, and generally enjoying the outdoors. This is where I will be posting my adventures but more importantly the photos of the adventures and places I've been. All photos are available to print. Just email me and let me know and we'll get it printed. Not all the photos displayed here will be of printable quality and will be more to portray the setting and mood of the adventure, but I plan on adding a few gems that hopefully you guys will enjoy:

Just to kick things off right...

I caught this sunset after a day of scrambling around at Pete's Rock.