Lukas Mann

12/13/2024

Sunrise from one of the highest alpine refuges in the Italian Dolomites. The second frame is an inscription in a rock just outside the hut.

In English:

“Great and marvelous are Your works, Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the saints!”

‭‭- Revelation‬ ‭15‬:‭3‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

12/09/2024

fill your mind with ideas.

12/03/2024

a collection of words that have changed the way I see life.

René Descartes once said “the reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.”

11/29/2024

they call it the Storm Fortress… and for good reason.

the Alpha SV is the best-in-class severe alpine shell jacket. lightweight, minimalist, but the most guaranteed protection you could ever buy.

make the most of the Black Friday deals right now, because they won’t last long!

11/28/2024

early mornings in the snowy Cascades.

from a midwinter drive up to Mt. Baker… surrounded by glory on every side.

11/27/2024

the days I’ll remember when I’m an old man.

donning crampons at the base of the Thar couloir, on a deep mid-winter’s day last year.

📸

11/22/2024

all we have to do is decide what to do with the time that is given to us.

- gandalf the wise.

11/21/2024

dancing in the clouds.

11/20/2024

pure joy to be back out in the hills in winter. there’s nothing like it - truly the best time of the year.

highly recommend getting out even when the weather’s poor… blue-bird warriors are missing so much.

11/19/2024

time and time again, the mountains remind us why we go. glimpses of fleeting glory bring us back, time and time again.

for there are far better things ahead than any we leave behind.

🖤

11/18/2024

“I feel a hint of pity for those who don’t get to experience the crisp air and excitement of mountain climbing. Are they ever really awake?”

from the legendary Tommy Caldwell.

11/15/2024

It’s that time of year in the PNW… November’s one of those odd months where it’s too cold to run or climb up high, but not snowy enough to ski yet.

Hard to complain when the shoulder season looks like this though.

11/13/2024

how can you live in a world so glorious and still think there is no Creator?

11/11/2024

At long last, topping out on the summit ridge of Assiniboine.

Can’t remember many more surreal moments than standing on top of that great pyramid in the sky, with nothing in sight that was taller than us.

The mountains are a special place.

11/08/2024

the only certainty we have in life is that we won’t be here forever.

slowly learning to let that truth sink into everything I do… and also learn how to live in light of the life to come.

for there are far greater things ahead than any we leave behind.

11/07/2024

get away for a while. it’ll do you good.

11/01/2024

my life has changed so much by simply putting myself in places where great beauty exists.

wild places seem to tug at something deep within the human spirit. there is a subjectivity to beauty, but also a great objectivity to it.

some things are truly more beautiful than other things. seek the beautiful, and you’ll get so much more.

photos are a small glimpse into some of the beauty I’ve been blessed enough to see with my own two eyes.

11/01/2024