dispatches:photos, interesting stuff, and thoughts of the design engineer and photographer named Eric. Mobile VersionArchivesRSS Feed inspiration var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-10798807-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}Tumblr (3.0; @dacus)http://blog.ericdacus.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6192002a6f47a5a0bf46472b46217fdc/tumblr_mn9s0nNEAI1r76l6ho1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://garrettgrove.tumblr.com/post/51172535773">garrettgrove</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>So much goes into pushing that simple shutter button.</p> </blockquote>http://blog.ericdacus.com/post/51176560368http://blog.ericdacus.com/post/51176560368Thu, 23 May 2013 16:01:47 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/77998348ff27feb85d6f9c2dc32f39bc/tumblr_mmupmvt1Zb1qz4gkno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dacus/8739710412/" title="Crossing the bergschrund on the Japanese Coulior on Mt Barille">Crossing the bergschrund on the Japanese Coulior on Mt Barille</a> on Flickr.</p><p>Photo by Jon</p>http://blog.ericdacus.com/post/50507156065http://blog.ericdacus.com/post/50507156065Wed, 15 May 2013 11:52:07 -0600AlaskaRuth Gorge2013<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8be3348937e6c67b76111ba8059ed0e4/tumblr_mmt3jdvguT1qz4gkno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dacus/8729237423/" title="Stove + white gas + snow = water">Stove + white gas + snow = water</a> on Flickr.</p><p>The daily routine of making water on the glacier. </p>http://blog.ericdacus.com/post/50442907331http://blog.ericdacus.com/post/50442907331Tue, 14 May 2013 14:57:13 -06002013AlaskaCanon EOS 5dRuth GorgeCanon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/68bcb2d4924a49b48b9512dd9f4f327f/tumblr_mmqqm7n4j51qz4gkno3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/63e8bb327bc69b718f0e1e901d658198/tumblr_mmqqm7n4j51qz4gkno2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/083166deb878272dcca535160563311a/tumblr_mmqqm7n4j51qz4gkno1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9d4820cb42d6ec2355f18908d987960f/tumblr_mmqqm7n4j51qz4gkno4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/831f1cf12c02fbc2e14f1985d613d42b/tumblr_mmqqm7n4j51qz4gkno5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ce51896cf41d48a9269e1d9fe1ecc5f6/tumblr_mmqqm7n4j51qz4gkno6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b37390ed296b5cc7ef6427d162378fde/tumblr_mmqqm7n4j51qz4gkno7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cf05b4bd643cdc408a7256004f47f6e3/tumblr_mmqqm7n4j51qz4gkno8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/641975e44f563d4fc1da3d6e1ff69071/tumblr_mmqqm7n4j51qz4gkno9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Got to ski off the south summit of Lone Peak on Saturday. Good friends make walking a dirt road and bushwhacking with skis on your back more worth it. And the corn snow was super fun. </p>http://blog.ericdacus.com/post/50342435569http://blog.ericdacus.com/post/50342435569Mon, 13 May 2013 08:22:55 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/612055898343b84e31828ef7fbf53059/tumblr_mmpm5hR7Dd1qz4gkno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Japanese Coulior on Mount Barille. The route let loose a wet slide avalanche as we got started up the route, and at 9:15 we turned around due to snow balling up on our crampons. We got about halfway up the couloir, and due to the weather that socked in the next day, this was to be our last route attempt of the trip. </p>http://blog.ericdacus.com/post/50299878111http://blog.ericdacus.com/post/50299878111Sun, 12 May 2013 17:48:53 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/612f8378abc9abe197ae65851deae6dd/tumblr_mmpm0js2nC1qz4gkno1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/29a14719657ec94c35f48cb794cdc953/tumblr_mmpm0js2nC1qz4gkno2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Picked a no-so-great day to try and get up the Root Canal on the Mooses Tooth. The low visibility and snow sluffing made me uncomfortable with negotiating the icefall and seracs. </p>http://blog.ericdacus.com/post/50299662440http://blog.ericdacus.com/post/50299662440Sun, 12 May 2013 17:45:55 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b4e0860b4833fa9814a351de6721fa46/tumblr_mmplx5KeR11qz4gkno2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/72a4288eaf48dabc326a353f5a08fab0/tumblr_mmplx5KeR11qz4gkno1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4ec45fd67dc7d677e8ca6c6f1008c83d/tumblr_mmplx5KeR11qz4gkno6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/590efab3a337b12f146376ae43c70a25/tumblr_mmplx5KeR11qz4gkno4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c46a6e28e669adb47311634e0d4ed65c/tumblr_mmplx5KeR11qz4gkno3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f655fc26c83e45cc6871aea81dfb7f14/tumblr_mmplx5KeR11qz4gkno5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Day 2: We climbed most of the way to the top of the route Freezy Nuts on the London Tower. We bailed before reaching the top not wanting to be in the thing in case of an afternoon warming-induced avalanche. </p>http://blog.ericdacus.com/post/50299526272http://blog.ericdacus.com/post/50299526272Sun, 12 May 2013 17:43:53 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/69ba27db2b1ac2ef5903d55555794277/tumblr_mmp3zbFmHc1qz4gkno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Happy Mother’s day!</p> <p><em>Photo by Mike Dacus</em></p>http://blog.ericdacus.com/post/50270318935http://blog.ericdacus.com/post/50270318935Sun, 12 May 2013 11:16:23 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/013f6feecf6c50e6ed22b3eeeae61748/tumblr_mmnscgmbmg1qz4gkno1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/128349d8e2a8c823625a4d6418e2d77e/tumblr_mmnscgmbmg1qz4gkno3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c337f1c980d8428099e3e6eb715850c7/tumblr_mmnscgmbmg1qz4gkno4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5c892592fb9224896700d2d1263fd420/tumblr_mmnscgmbmg1qz4gkno2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Ruth gorge climb #1, an attempt on the Norwegian route on Peak 747. Got stopped by a vertical wall of sugar snow and then chased away by an avalanche. </p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dacus/sets/72157633438243709/"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dacus/sets/72157633438243709/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/dacus/sets/72157633438243709/</a></a></p>http://blog.ericdacus.com/post/50207288895http://blog.ericdacus.com/post/50207288895Sat, 11 May 2013 18:07:28 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c0c91e5c8278ae21807ec69ba63597af/tumblr_mmiom5jaOS1qz4gkno1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/eff421db3d179b487bac32475c61a956/tumblr_mmiom5jaOS1qz4gkno5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b40526ec0aa776dae5170110ff3bc7d0/tumblr_mmiom5jaOS1qz4gkno3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b5bcda44971b167bec9d5575db0cc7ed/tumblr_mmiom5jaOS1qz4gkno2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/455ae88b724555065346ddec7c02c26e/tumblr_mmiom5jaOS1qz4gkno4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>All the Ruth Gorge photos will be here: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dacus/sets/72157633438243709/with/8721623051/"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dacus/sets/72157633438243709/with/8721623051/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/dacus/sets/72157633438243709/with/8721623051/</a></a></p>http://blog.ericdacus.com/post/49996165985http://blog.ericdacus.com/post/49996165985Wed, 08 May 2013 23:58:53 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c7ea6dca30ff9a0fffa25881d918ba05/tumblr_mmif5xhC8A1qz4gkno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dacus/8722417512/" title="Scale">Scale</a> on Flickr.</p>http://blog.ericdacus.com/post/49983768011http://blog.ericdacus.com/post/49983768011Wed, 08 May 2013 20:34:45 -06002013AlaskaCanon EOS 5dRuth Gorge“Make something great because you care deeply about it. Make something because you stay awake at night thinking about it. Make something because you feel invigorated when you work on it, and anxious when you don’t.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://exhilarating.studioneat.com/foreword.html"><a href="http://exhilarating.studioneat.com/foreword.html">http://exhilarating.studioneat.com/foreword.html</a></a></em>http://blog.ericdacus.com/post/49961274213http://blog.ericdacus.com/post/49961274213Wed, 08 May 2013 15:55:12 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f20e3889e4d08e07fb55e64f5346d11b/tumblr_mmdr5ye6A31qz4gkno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Ruth Gorge</p>http://blog.ericdacus.com/post/49774303831http://blog.ericdacus.com/post/49774303831Mon, 06 May 2013 08:05:58 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b879f336d9c6d7ac9873253cd58e6b66/tumblr_mll8cmcwrb1qz4gkno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dacus/8667648288/" title="Photo kit for the trip.">Photo kit for the trip.</a> on Flickr.</p>http://blog.ericdacus.com/post/48498299854http://blog.ericdacus.com/post/48498299854Sat, 20 Apr 2013 22:26:46 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/79f52d88de9c659f60f1b4e5e2d4c98b/tumblr_mlbxnagjMp1qz4gkno1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5b03567beab3be8fc03fe5488fdabecc/tumblr_mlbxnagjMp1qz4gkno2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/dd83c2824f3ca2ee9b6da3adf1e938a2/tumblr_mlbxnagjMp1qz4gkno3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4464264067cd0cb4a9e1afb61e1090cb/tumblr_mlbxnagjMp1qz4gkno6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f5f9e185ff32ea76e90d52c24feb0430/tumblr_mlbxnagjMp1qz4gkno4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bf765077828120c6a43b122bba6d4726/tumblr_mlbxnagjMp1qz4gkno5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f2fa41eb6b268257949bae6422fc9d2e/tumblr_mlbxnagjMp1qz4gkno9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/67c8ecd12d7b81d884b11023d00be7f4/tumblr_mlbxnagjMp1qz4gkno7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c77a3b7d5f9bed95dbf03e353af46da8/tumblr_mlbxnagjMp1qz4gkno8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Alaska shakedown, 1 week to go. High winds and lots of snow kept us out of the high peaks in the Tetons, so we scratched around in Death Canyon instead. </p>http://blog.ericdacus.com/post/48098494561http://blog.ericdacus.com/post/48098494561Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:57:10 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/46c9a808921565e76a24f14e5fb95af7/tumblr_ml5y0zHw0G1qz4gkno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dacus/6475406891/" title="Chamonix-829-110825-2524.jpg">Chamonix-829-110825-2524.jpg</a> on Flickr.</p>http://blog.ericdacus.com/post/47811470994http://blog.ericdacus.com/post/47811470994Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:19:47 -06002011Canon EOS 5dChamonix<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/dfa7b1f949d55093e55350f9bf22d249/tumblr_ml5vdmsVZ11qz4gkno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.ericdacus.com/post/47807013530http://blog.ericdacus.com/post/47807013530Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:22:34 -0600<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dacus/6776282314/" title="Argentina-113 by eric.dacus, on Flickr"><img alt="Argentina-113" height="333" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7199/6776282314_1f6fe52f9a.jpg" width="500"/></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dacus/6069743224/" title="East ridge of the Aiguille du Midi by eric.dacus, on Flickr"><img alt="East ridge of the Aiguille du Midi" height="333" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6198/6069743224_f10111d40d.jpg" width="500"/></a></p>http://blog.ericdacus.com/post/47806935425http://blog.ericdacus.com/post/47806935425Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:21:35 -0600<p>.<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dacus/8608326118/" title="Crow tracks by eric.dacus, on Flickr"><img alt="Crow tracks" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8527/8608326118_f59e6b6663_c.jpg" width="500"/></a> Two crows walked up almost the full ridge line of Patsey Marley.</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dacus/8607222969/" title="The Cirque by eric.dacus, on Flickr"><img alt="The Cirque" height="333" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8530/8607222969_d7e4d85951.jpg" width="500"/></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dacus/8608327790/" title="Tracks on Graceland by eric.dacus, on Flickr"><img alt="Tracks on Graceland" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8537/8608327790_b05ab0f0cb_c.jpg" width="500"/></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dacus/8607224375/" title="Dropping in by eric.dacus, on Flickr"><img alt="Dropping in" height="333" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8398/8607224375_8cbb4fbac2.jpg" width="500"/></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dacus/8607224857/" title="Setting up by eric.dacus, on Flickr"><img alt="Setting up" height="333" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8529/8607224857_41d59cf0c3.jpg" width="500"/></a></p>http://blog.ericdacus.com/post/46803119462http://blog.ericdacus.com/post/46803119462Sun, 31 Mar 2013 18:17:39 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2cc7bbd01781d00c73a623e5e63d0379/tumblr_mkhquuEFxD1qz4gkno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dacus/8603274599/" title="Well timed corn snow">Well timed corn snow</a> on Flickr.</p>http://blog.ericdacus.com/post/46698255558http://blog.ericdacus.com/post/46698255558Sat, 30 Mar 2013 14:42:30 -0600