Ring Fire Jumpspot

Gallery: Man & NaturePosted August 11, 2013162 views3 comments

Several members of the Grangeville Smokejumpers, including myself, parachute onto a remote ridge in the Frank Church Wilderness to suppress the Ring Fire. I'm a rookie this year and only have 21 jumps so far, but I'm pretty confident that this is an unusually beautiful jumpspot. We were on the fire for 6 days drinking from a stream and eating freeze dried and canned food, and hiked 7 miles to a trailhead where we were picked up by someone from our base. If you're interested in reading more about smokejumping you can check out my blog at www.thaney.com/blog

Olympus OM-D-E5, 9-18mm lens

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on August 11, 2013 at 6:30 PM

Interesting action image. The spot looks beautiful and I like the imagel, but this really belongs in man in nature.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on August 12, 2013 at 9:36 PM

That's a tough way to earn a living Thomas. Commanding view of the surroundings from this elevation and a photo I'm sure you will continue to cherish years from now. The OM-D compact camera sure makes a lot more sense in situations like this than a bulky SLR or something even bigger.

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on August 16, 2013 at 12:58 PM

Very neat image, and a super interesting occupation/avocation. Be careful out there though!!

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