Success Summitby Deon Reynolds
Success Summit is just east of Ely, in the Schell Creek Range. This is a place I did not intend to go to. I had places be, things to do. We were on our way south to explore three state parks along Nevada's eastern border. I had attempted to visit these parks on numerous occasions, but things just didn't work out. Our second camp of this trip just happened to be at East Creek, a forest service campground at the northern approach to Success Summit. Trish really wanted to go over Success Summit. Neither one of us had ever heard of it, we just saw it on the map. Trish's desire was driven by virtue of its name.
The next morning we were meandering our way up Success Summit. This photograph was shot just a few miles short of the summit, in one of the numerous Aspen groves which can be found at these elevations. I didn't quite make it to the parks I was intending to reach, but I do intend to return to Success Summit.
I shoot these black and white panoramas with a disposable Kodak panorama camera. The first thing I do is tear off the cardboard cover, pry open the camera, and pull out the color print film. Using a fine file I distort the frame inside. Then I load it with Tri-X black and white film. Some of my disposables have had over a hundred rolls of film through them.
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