Had a great time last weekend in Moab, Ut. The weather was exceptional with clouds on Friday and Sunday that made the images unbelievable. Well I had a great 4 day weekend until Sunday. I was hiking to Delicate Arch in Arches National Park and got there with no problem setup and waited for the right light and no people under the arch to make my shoots. I hiked up there with my Arca Swiss 4x5, 3 lenses, several film backs and of course plenty of water.
Things were looking great I got the images I wanted and Kate, my girlfriend, and I started on the way down. We wished we would be able to do fine art nudes, since Kate is a fine art model (www.katyt.com), but with all the people about it was impossible. About half way down in the slick rock area of the hike I rolled my ankle underneath me with plenty of pain to go around and if Kate had not caught me I would have rolled some distance down the slope. Needless to say it would have taken me 2 hours to get back to the car park if it was not for a gracious couple that stopped to help us, Paul and Jen, by taking my pack and then with Kate and Jen helping me down the rest of the way. So I recommend that you take a very good pair of hiking boots with you if you ever plan to do this hike and watch were you put your feet. Any recommendations for boot are more than welcome since mine failed to protect me. By the way the Moab hospital is great but I would not recommend you visit for the same reason I did.
Regards,
Miguel
PS I will post some of the images as soon as I can develop them.
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