Joey Schulser on the 4k foot descent of mount Elbert outside Leadville, CO after we hiked o the 14447 foot summit at dawn.
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Selected by Matt Wragg - This is just such a beautiful shot, with the trail snaking away from the rider, golden light in the foreground and the dark, moody hills beyond.
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- Category
- All Mountain/Enduro
- Date Posted
- Sep 30, 2013 at 17:08Sep 30, 2013
- Location
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Keystone, Colorado, United States
- Trail
- Mount Elbert
- Riders
- Joey Schusler
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- Photo Size:
- Camera
- Nikon D7000
- Lens
- 17.0-55.0 mm f/2.8
- Shutter Speed
- 1/2500
- Aperture
- 5.0
- Focal Length
- 35.0 mm
- ISO Speed
- 320
- Date
- 2013:08:23
- Time
- 19:58:29
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- Dave Trumpore
25 Comments
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LavenderGooms
(Nov 18, 2013 at 0:04)
This Mt. Elbert descent shot deserves some context. Hiking to the top of Elbert is a 4.5 hour, cold, sleep, and unrelenting descent. At 14447 feet your brain barely works anymore and you are the highest point for almost 1000 miles. All of this makes the hour of descent that we are seeing here one of the best experiences one can have on a bicycle.
In short, you had to be there.
- 62 22
What your brain barely works at 14447 feet? You should see a doctor. Oh no you're american that's why
- 9 1
I gotta agree though. Ive hiked Elbert and while its a good hike, its still only 14,000 feet. Plenty of O2
- 6 0
A little backstory to this shot, and the work that went into making it happen...
We drove out there and slept at the trailhead for a few hours and then started the 5 mile/4.5k foot hike from down by the Twin Lakes at 3am. We walked hiked through cold wind, fog, and rain while carrying bikes, spare food/clothes, and I also had a big camera pack. We got to watch the sunrise from just below the summit, and finally reached the summit at 8am. Mount Elbert is the tallest Mountain in Colorado so the feeling of standing at the top and dropping in on our bikes was amazing.
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We drove out there and slept at the trailhead for a few hours and then started the 5 mile/4.5k foot hike from down by the Twin Lakes at 3am. We walked hiked through cold wind, fog, and rain while carrying bikes, spare food/clothes, and I also had a big camera pack. We got to watch the sunrise from just below the summit, and finally reached the summit at 8am. Mount Elbert is the tallest Mountain in Colorado so the feeling of standing at the top and dropping in on our bikes was amazing.
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