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Floralis Generalis, a sculpture by Eduardo Catalano in Buenas Aires. We're about halfway through our trip to Argentina, and it's been absolutely incredible. I was hoping to have posted more frequently, but internet access has been sporadic at best. A tower in La Recoleta Cemetery. I'll keep the post fairly brief but I'm including quite a number of photos to give an idea of what we've seen so far. This trip is a celebration of my father's 70th birthday, and needless to say, he's set a pretty high standard for birthday parties. Along with Julia and myself, the trip consists of a number of my parents' friends from various points throughout their lives. Truly a wonderful conglomeration of people. Part 1 - Buenas Aires Julia and I arrived a day after my parents in Buenas Aires. We stayed at a nice hotel called Hotel Casasur . On the first afternoon, Julia and I went to La Recoleta , which is a beautiful cemetery with individual mausoleum...

Dan uses his splitboard to ascend for another deeeeeeeep run in the Chic Choc mountains of Quebec.  Well, I know I've been remiss over the past two weeks in updating my blog. I have a legitimate excuse though! I've been working like a banshee trying to get ready for my trip to Patagonia! In fact, Julia and I are at JFK right now waiting to board the plane. I'll be posting updates and photos from our trip, so be sure to check it out. And on to the title-related topic, Falcon.com (Falcon Guides) has just posted a very short Nature Spotlight that I wrote along with a few photos. This is from an amazing trip skiing the Chic Choc mountains on the Gaspe peninsula of Quebec. The snow was DEEEEP. Check it out here . http://www.falcon.com/blog-entry/nature-spotlight-going-deep-chic-choc-mountains

The new Dartmouth College President, Phil Hanlon '77 addresses the Dartmouth community during his welcome reception. Over the past few days I once again had the opportunity to spend some time following and photographing our new college president, Phil Hanlon. President Hanlon waves hello to the audience before delivering a short speech . The first shoot was at the President's house where he met and greeted the trustees. Then it was on to a press conference with media followed by a public welcome by in Spaulding Auditorium. Finally, he personally greeted members of the community in Alumni Hall. People wait in line while Phil Hanlon and his wife Gail Gentes personally greet members of the community. Then this morning, I photographed President Hanlon at a grad student reception immediately followed by a reception with undergrads in '53 Commons (the new name of Thayer Dining Hall). This afternoon we walked over to watch part of the men's basketb...

Seth and Katie take diverging routes down Smuggler's Notch. This shot was taken at Smuggler's Notch in January of 2010. It was the last run of the day. I thought the composition was fun as my friends decided to take opposite paths around the tree in the middle of the trail. This shot wasn't planned but I had my camera out anyways. You can have the best camera in the world, but if it's not in your hand when you need it, it's not doing you very good. In fact, the times that are most inconvenient for taking photos often end up providing the best images.

My photo of Margaret Wheeler '97 adorns the cover of the newest issue of the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. ...and some more photos from this summer. Read on... Jevan and Dave are roped up as they travel near a crevasse. Happy New Year. And a happy new year for myself as well, as my photo of Margaret Wheeler '97* is the newest Dartmouth Alumni Magazine cover. There are a few more photos of mine inside the magazine as well. Margaret's always smiling, so it wasn't a difficult assignment. (You can download the current issue for free on the website.) On the glacier, we roped up in teams of two during our summit attempt on the final day of the course. Here Dave post holes so that I don't have to! This past summer Dave Lysy '99, Jevan Stubits '01 and I took a five day glacier mountaineering course taught by Margaret out in the North Cascades National Park . We arranged it through Pro Guiding Services . Jevan was on the front of my rope. The sno...