46027 Back Country Camp, Kluane - 1989

            Since I am casting all my old friends, living and dead, into the spotlight, I feel obliged to give myself the same treatment. So here I am in my solo camp next to the Slims River, a short hike from the Kaskawulsh Glacier, in one of Canada's most spectacular national parks. 

I was 40 years old and still fit enough for backpacking (and would be for another eight years, until a shoulder injury forced me to quit). Seven days, only two of which involved carrying the heavy pack. I used this spot as a base camp for day hikes up high, mostly following game trails. Didn't see a lot of wildlife but heard wolves once or twice, and there were lots of wolf tracks along the river. Grizzly, too.

Btw, food never entered my tent, and I did my cooking and eating and dish washing a good distance away. But boiling water for coffee or tea at my tent site would not be a wildlife attractant, so I allowed myself that luxury. In all my years of backpacking, bears never showed any interest in my tent, and the only animals I had any trouble with were porcupines. But that's another story... 

This was very late in the evening, using the last bits of light, which accounts for the cool colour rendition. I used a tripod and self-timer. According to my notes, the lens was a 50mm and exposure was 1/2 s at f/8 on Kodachrome 64. 

I can hardly believe it, but my notes don't lie: I was able to hold perfectly still for half a second. 

Photographed in Kluane National Park, Yukon (Canada); scanned from the original Kodachrome 64 slide. Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©1989 James R. Page - all rights reserved.

Taken in: Canada / Yukon / Silver City (show map)

Taken on: August 27, 1989

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