After the storm - a photo on Flickriver

After the storm

            I was not expecting to see this that day. I was not even expecting to make it out alive .
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It was barely an hour earlier when I left the safety of the rifugio in the French alps under moody skies. The wind was picking up, but nothing to deter from hiking. A couple of far-away lightning strikes signaled an approaching storm. A light drizzle started, that turned to a torrential downpour in a matter of minutes. And the strikes came nearer and more frequent, the accompanying thunder reverberating across the entire valley.

I passed a couple of hikers coming the other way, and they urged me to turn around. I wish I had heeded their advice. For what lay ahead of me was a vast open stretch of trail in rocky terrain with nary a protective zone. And I was in the heart of the storm.

The gale-force winds gripped my tangled poncho, eager to yank away my only barrier to the rain. I held on, fighting the wind and the rain, slowly trudging forward. I had given up all hope of seeing the light after a storm; my only focus was on taking the next step.

And without warning, the clouds parted, the sun shone, and I was treated to dramatic view of the glacier-capped slopes of Mont Blanc.

Courmayeur
Italy
   

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Taken on: August 12, 2019

Tags:

backpacking

europe

italy

mont blanc circuit

mountains

tour du mont blanc

Sony A7III

Sony 24-105mm F4 G

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glaciers

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Sets appears in: • Italy • Panorama

Camera: Sony ILCE-7M3, f/11.0, 1/500 sec, 28mm, ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony ILCE-7M3
Lens:	FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS
Aperture:	f/11.0
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/500)
Focal Length:	28mm
ISO:	800
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Light Source:	Cloudy
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 8.4.1 (Windows)
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