Karsten Klawitter on top of Gonzalez Hill at sunrise (photo by Jordan Oram) |
In the 3 years I've known him we've gone on many a photoadventure. We've done several long day trips to Botanical Beach (an annual trip in the fall when we find a newbie to introduce to the primeval foresty awesome)
Karsten and a sea lion (Photo by Jordan Oram) |
a few to Long Beach/Tofino
Karsten at Chesterman Beach, Vancouver Island |
and even a long day trip to Carmanah Walbran Provincial park
Karsten in Carmanah |
When I graduated from college in 2009 we celebrated by getting a gang together and spending many days out in the remote crazy wonder of Cape Scott at the north end of Vancouver Island.
He's the only person I know who will get up early to go paddle boarding before biking to work and then go out climbing after spending all day working in the store. Wait... I know a couple people who do similar. But he does things like that every day. Be it mountain biking, paddleboarding, photography, or his favourite, climbing, you may be starting to get a picture of the intrepid KK.
To this description we need to add in a healthy dollop of geeky fascination with weather and environmental sciences, a hankering for geology, and a slightly odd propensity for wiping out on flat normal terrain. It has been said (by me) that his blood offerings on level terrain serve him good stead with the alpine gods of the mountains. The sea gods also like to soak him from time to time since his Lumby-born mountain blood doesn't have the wave-honed experience of a coastal born. But he suffers it with a drenched dignity almost always.
He camps during the summer so he can use his rent money for ferry fare and go climb the Stawamus Chief in Squamish and send me celebratory texts from the top.
He explores waterfalls
Karsten at Englishman River Falls |
He climbs most anything
Karsten at Piper's Lagoon, Nanaimo BC |
and he's worked in an Outdoor Outfitting store for many years
Karsten at work |
There you have it. A brief glimpse at my photoadventuring friend Karsten of Shorts & Gaiters. If you have any questions leave us a comment below and we'll do our best to answer it!
Get out that door and explore! Adventure beckons (and maybe you'll even run into us out there in our Shorts and Gaiters ;) )
Karsten walking up a forest path |
~MM
(all photos above were taken by Jordan Oram)
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