Happy New Year!
Posted: January 4, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »It’s time to say goodbye to the great year of 2011 and hello to the much awaited 2012. Many great things have happened in 2011, so many I can’t write about them all. In the spring I started my own guide service, Windgate Adventures. A year full of incredible guiding in the desert, showing people from all over the world my home. (canyoneering, rock climbing, rappelling, hiking, and teaching photography to many enthusiasts). It doesn’t get any better then that.
Not only was the guide service the main focus of my year, I also had a chance to enjoy an incredible trip down Cataract Canyon during high water with the Wounded Warriors on Cataract organization. I met a group of incredible war veterans that have been in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I documented the trip with photos and had a chance to put together a great photo book thanks to the generosity of the people at Ibook.
This winter has lead me to the Southern US, (Arkansas, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia) for a climbing road trip with some friends to see new areas and meet many great people. I look forward to every day, to what I’ll see, who I will meet and the experiences that take place. Open your doors each day, enjoy it all because it goes by pretty quickly.
The photo below was taken last night as I was leaving Joshua Tree. I had heard of these highlines going up and happened to see them while I was on my drive, following the sun. I grabbed my camera, which I always have near and charged up a rock outcrop to get to the summit before this person began to walk. It shows a number of rock outcrops, which makes up the beauty of the Joshua Tree scenery. He walked the highline in both directions without falling, staying incredibly focused the entire time.
Stay focused on your adventures and stay focused to accomplish your goals in 2012!
Climb on!
Eric
