First Light

This morning I hiked about 400 yards from the parking lot of Great Falls to the upper area of the falls.  The not so long hike consists of a wooden fence, a 20 foot stream and lots of unstable rocks.  That's not bad right?  Well when you're carrying 30lbs of gear and all of those features are slathered with a layer of ice under the snow it becomes a different story.  Oh and it was 5 degrees with a wind chill of -10.  The only time I've had gnarlier conditions was in Switzerland.  I can't believe I just compared Virginia to Switzerland.  I had my snowboard gear on and after about an hour of shooting time lapses, I had to return to the jeep.