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Favorite thing.

Favorite thing.

benjaminrasmussen: Melissa Arnot packing for her attempt at a...

benjaminrasmussen:

Melissa Arnot packing for her attempt at a 5th Everest summit. Shot for Outside.

Ketchum, ID (2013)

I shot Melissa for Outside in mid March, a few days before she left for Everest. She was in the news this week for breaking up a fight on the mountain between foreign climbers and a group of Sherpas. She is a total badass, but having talked with her about her relationship with different sherpas, I imagine that she is cringing at the negative and one sided story coming off the mountain. And there is a lot of wisdom in what she wrote about the incident on her blog: "I am sad for the events of the last week. I am hopeful that the adventure ahead will be one of collaboration, support and rebuilding the relationship of trust between everyone who has chosen to be here."

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valleyofvision: Berkeley, CA, 1973 Nacio Jan Brown

valleyofvision:

Berkeley, CA, 1973

Nacio Jan Brown

patagonia: Artist Jay Nelson stopped by the headquarters in...

patagonia:

Artist Jay Nelson stopped by the headquarters in Ventura today. Check out his creations and follow his projects @jay. Photo by @fosterhunting

beeslikehoney: Anh-Minh http://bit.ly/191SPNJ

beeslikehoney:

Anh-Minh http://bit.ly/191SPNJ

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definitelydope: Icefield Parkway #2 (by hannahschmucker)

definitelydope:

Icefield Parkway #2 (by hannahschmucker)

For my boys. They always tell me they love me around the world,...

For my boys. They always tell me they love me around the world, the stars and the sun.

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Free spirit

Free spirit

"There are worse things than being alone but it often takes decades to realize this and most often..."

"There are worse things than being alone but it often takes decades
to realize this and most often when you do it's too late and there's nothing worse than too late."

- Charles Bukowski, Oh Yes

"Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things."

"Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things."

- Arthur Schopenhauer

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jessesenko: Peggy's Cove, N.S.

jessesenko:

Peggy's Cove, N.S.

cfda: Image via Jamie Beck

cfda:

Image via Jamie Beck

clubmonaco: Fresh summer veggies by Nicole Frazen. -A Well...

clubmonaco:

Fresh summer veggies by Nicole Frazen. -A Well Traveled Woman

art-pray-shop: The omo valley. The omo valley has been a...

Suri warrior in the omo valley, photograph by eric lafforgue


Photograph by hans silvester

art-pray-shop:

The omo valley.

The omo valley has been a popular tourist attraction although recently some tour companies have suspended their trips over concerns of exploitation. the area has been heavily visited with tourists lured in by the tribes body art & in particular their lip plates. Many tribal people see the tourists as a source of money & think the tourists should pay to take photographs. sadly, local culture has been degraded by the droves of visiting foreigners.