There is nothing you can build that nature cannot take away from you.
Not all of the repossession is tragic, though that is mostly what we hear about. A tsunami here, an earthquake there — sinkholes and tornadoes and forest fires. But what if you just... stop loving something? Stop needing it? Stop caring?
That's when it sinks back into the sublunary.
Inspired by the #ThursdayGreen and #SunThursday tags all over the place this morning, I went looking through some of my photos for a good fit; starting here at home seemed perfect. Vancouver is considered to be a metropolitan city; not huge, though still world-class. But go any distance out from the core, and you'll find the wild places. Our focus has shifted to this gleaming jewel on the edge of the water, and we've pulled inwards from the forests and the mountains. We've forgotten all of the bits and pieces we've left behind.
If you hike fifteen or so kilometres down the scenic Indian Arm from the closest trail access point, alongside the Buntzen Lake Reservoir, you'll start finding signs with ominous messages warning of gigantic fines, jail time, eternal damnation; all that good stuff.
And if — like me — you're part weekend warrior and part asshole, you go right by them, because that usually means there's probably some pretty great stuff just ahead.
Just ahead might be a slight exaggeration. I say this because it turned out to be seven full flights of dozens and dozens of rotting, rickety steps, descending down the rough-hewn rock to the water uncomfortably far below. Hundreds of chances to crash through the slimy wood and tumble off the cliffs... hundreds of opportunities to thank the good lord you got your tetanus booster. Since I'm here writing, my luck clearly held and my route down was not, in fact, a plummet.
There's something so satisfying in finding these relics way out in the bush, and a fascination with watching nature dismantle them slowly. I like to imagine that if you could speed up the ambient sounds of flora and fauna heard in this crumbling corridor, it would just turn out to be mother earth saying, "GET REKT."
And at the end of the journey, I found the PowerHouse... a post for another day. Would a Wild Reclamation series interest you? Let me know if you want to make the rest of the journey with me — just a short rappel down a rock face, a climb over a fifteen foot gate and some razor wire, and we're there.
All of these photos are my own, taken on my travels all over this pretty blue marble of ours. I hope you like them.
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Cool story and brilliant photos! :) What camera do you use?
thanks very much~ I thought I responded, but it went off into space, clearly, lol.
The photos of the powerhouse itself are really cool as well. I love old, weird, broken stuff!
These were all taken with my most inexpensive, most expendable rig- a cheapie Nikon D3300. Too many chances for smashing it or dunking it or lord knows whatever else. Puts out pretty good pictures with even an inexpensive lens like a Nikkor 50mm 1.8 :)
I love your photo's.Please keep them coming..They are Brilliant!
a big thank you! I definitely didn't tear my pants on the razor-wire.
Wow haven't missed living in Van for awhile now but your photos and words sure pulled at my heart strings... man oh man use to live a couple blocks from English bay. It was heavenly it really was. ❤
Wow, that's phenomenal, I love stuff like that. Really let's you know who's boss and who will own your ass if not careful.
Some great pics there @crimsonclad... I am a jealous man. Wish I was there, looks serene and surreal!
BC is hands down incredible. I'm biased obviously, living here, and I love to travel to other places, but very few have ever come as close to perfect to me as here.
Beautiful British Columbia! A truer license plate has not been stamped!(although New Hampshire's Live free or die! is a special fave of mine)
Amen! I actually upgraded this year to a specialty version because I'm mountain obsessed:
I pity people who grew up without mountains.
Love it crimson. You have such passion in both your photos and your writing. I have to dig out some of my mountain photos to share with steemians too
please do!
a) I'm obsessed with mountains
b) we have this dream national parks road trip loop planned but border crossings are a little iffy right now and our dollar is still getting pretty kicked down there
That looks amazing..just had to cancel a trip to yosemite a couple weeks ago because of snow :(
Beautiful place! Nature reclaiming what belongs to her. I love these little adventures!
just wait until we get down to the abandoned powerhouse! 😍
I mean, you can just take a boat up the Indian Arm and land there as easily as you please, but where's the fun in missing out on potentially severing your femoral artery clambering over barricades?
Indeed! No one would watch LoTR if those Hobbits found the shortcut to Mordor. :D Looking forward to that powerhouse story!
ohgoshnowIwanttopostpicturesofHobbitoninNewZealandAHHHH
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Oh my, you've seen the world! Jealous and eager to see those photos.
Off to sleep, hopefully dreaming about Middle Earth.
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I'd love to visit this place. The contrast between the transience of man and the permanence of nature is stark, very atmospheric. Re-steemed.