Back in July, on a hike up to Chasm Lake as part of our 14er training regime, we took a long, waterside break to take in the stunning views.  Among the more exciting scenes was a pair of climbers making their way up a multi-pitch route on a huge wall next to the lake.  Turns out it was an Arc’teryx photo shoot!

Katie Bono getting to work in Rocky Mountain National Park. Photo: Nick Rawluk #arcteryx #climbing pic.twitter.com/mIg1jT1FHV

— Arc’teryx (@Arcteryx) August 16, 2016

I couldn’t stop taking photos.  My Canon G16 is a really sweet camera, but I’m tempted to carry my older Canon SX230 as well, for moments such as these.  The G16 has a fast processor and (at least to my layman’s eyes) a really good sensor, making it good for close action shots, landscapes, difficult lighting and so on, but the SX230 has a super powerful optical zoom especially for a tiny camera.  I’m just gonna have to get strong enough to lug around all the toys…