Cool travel video

I want to go here right now:


Ibo Island - Sand Spit from Free to Adventure on Vimeo.

Travel Video

Just found a funny clip from the Travel Channel. Thought I'd share it.


Anthony Bourdain ATV Wipe-Out from TravelChannelTV on Vimeo.


Not sure I'd want to eat at this restaurant. A little odd for me.


Anthony Bourdain - "Hospital Chic" from TravelChannelTV on Vimeo.

Dramatic Weather in East King County

The clouds finally lifted a bit today and allowed people in flood-prone areas of eastern King County to clean up after the rivers crested earlier today. I happened to be driving home from work when the majestic clouds opened up over downtown Issaquah.

This is from the Highlands area on the Plateau.

More that I never published

These photos come from my take on the Ruth Mountain trip in early August. Most of them are from the summit at 7,100 feet. The sunset photo is from our camp about 300 vertical feet from the summit.








Above is a spot on Icy Peak, where we stopped to fill our Nalgenes with snow melt straight from the snowbank. After six hours of tough climbing, that was the coldest, most refreshing break.

Photos that never got posted

Here are some photos that have yet to make it on this blog only because I was too tired or too busy to post.

The first ones are from the Wooden Boat Festival in September...

Hang gliding off the Butte

Redmond, Wash. resident Tom Johns is gets a running start to launch himself off the top of Chelan Butte Oct. 12 in Eastern Washington. He said he has been hang gliding for years and has participated in day-long races. Chelan Butte has been an incredibly popular launch point for avid flyers over the years. Gliders take flight off the mountain and gain lift from the thermals coming off the ground, according to Johns' wife Lori Johns. People have been known to catch thermals and wind currents all the way to Oregon, about 150 miles away.



— Christopher

Photojournalist Wins TED Prize

A photographer friend of mine from Western Washington University posted this video to his photo blog recently. World-famous photojournalist James Nachtwey is one of those photojournalists who inspires anyone who seriously wants to become a professional visual journalist. I studied Nachtwey's work as a student and continue to use some of his ideas in my work.

You can also click the title of this entry to see the presentation.



-- Christopher

Lake Chelan for a Weekend

Sorry for the long periods without material. I am not doing as much serious travel as I was last year. Despite recently finding legitimate jobs that we both love, Julie and I have still done some short trips out and about. The hope is to keep material coming. Mostly a photo or two at a time as we travel around our home, beautiful Washington state. Not going to run out of blog postings anytime soon. If you still check this, keep reading and viewing from time to time.

We recently spent the weekend in Chelan, where our family has a condo on the lake. I grew up going to the lake and spending time in town and at Chelan Butte. The drive to eastern Washington from Seattle is magnificent — I've rediscovered the absolute splendor of it after being away in other parts of the world over the past few years. The apples are the best in the world — it is the apple capital of the world, really. Some are the size of your head — almost.


Apples for sale in crates at a small Saturday market in Chelan. Locally grown apples run about $4 for a 5-pound bag. Quite a deal.


Manson, Wash. resident and long-time farmer Juan Laberrigue, 62, smiles as he prepares to close up shop on a late Saturday morning in October. He sells pumpkins and apples on the weekends and has been farming for 40 years.

I recently spent two exhausting days experiencing the beauty and splendor of the North Cascade Mountains. It was my first climb and it was to the summit of Ruth Mountain.

Elevation: 7,100 feet.

The above photo is of the view we (my brother, David, my cousin, Phil, and I) had from our camp. After hiking four miles on a relatively easy forest trail, climbing up a dried-up waterfall trough and traversing a mile or so of snowfields, we found the flattest spot at the top of the snow bank to pitch the tents.

Oh, what a sight. The breathtaking vistas, combined with the satisfaction of much-needed rest, nearly bring an exhausted, relatively out-of-shape climber to tears. It's all worth it when you get to see the sunset and experience the calming silence at this elevation. Below is the view of Mount Shuksan (foreground) and Mount Baker at sunset from teh other side of our camp.


After a rejuvinating night's sleep, we awoke to this, looking northeast from just below the Mount Ruth Summit.



That morning, we summited (above photo) in 18 minutes from camp and then moved on to Icy Peak (below, from Ruth summit), which was another four hours of trekking. We didn't quite make it up the summit — too many vertical snow banks in our way and not the right gear to scale them — but it was still fun refilling our water bottles with pure snow-melt straight from underneath a small glacier.


This rivals my Inca Trail experience as the toughest thing I have done physically, but it was all worth it.



— Christopher

LA BELLA STRADA ART FESTIVAL: AUG. 9-10


Christopher will be participating in the upcoming Allied Arts La Bella Strada Art Show Aug. 9-10 in Bellingham, Wash. The event will feature restaurants from around Bellingham, a chalk art festival and a wide range of professional artists from around the country.


Enjoy the Bite of Bellingham and peruse the plethora of artist tents along Cornwall Avenue (downtown Bellingham). The fastival runs Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Be sure to look for Christopher Huber Photography. He will have matted and framed pieces from his travels in Alaska, Washington and Latin America.


Prices are reasonable and the prints are archival quality. If you can't make it to the festival, but would like to see Christopher's work, visit www.chuberphoto.com. High-resolution digital copies of photos are available for $10 each and checkout is easy through PayPal.