Backcountry Photos from Jason Hummel

in Community — by — January 23, 2013

Jason Hummel has a natural ability to inspire with his backcountry photos. He can often be found high in the Cascades, climbing to a summit or positioning himself to capture breathtaking images of his skiing partners as they make their turns down steep mountain slopes through untouched snow. These three backcountry photos make all of us at SBM yearn for the next climb and decent and wish we were out there now. Hummel keeps an extensive and updated journal, complete with photos from his latest expeditions, at alpinestateofmind.com and cascadecrusades.org, a site dedicated to his friend Ben Colin Manfredi, 1978-2003, an inspirational adventurer and true son of the Northwest who once said about our incredible Washington mountains, “This is our home, our playground, the CASCADE CLASSICS!” Get inspired and get out there!

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With his brothers and parents, Jason Hummel explored the Cascade Mountains near his home prolifically. Graduating from Morton High School in the shadow of Mount Rainier, Hummel moved to Bellingham where he then received his bachelor's degree in finance. Being so close to the mountains there was more time spent skiing, hiking, biking and climbing than studying. Little did he know all that shying away from his studies would eventually lead him into a career in being outdoors as an adventure photographer. It was quite different from spending 9 years working his way to becoming a Financial Advisor. Yet it was a rewarding change. Nowadays he is a nationally published photographer. He works for such companies as Outdoor Research, Eddie Bauer, Genuine Guide Gear, Backcountry Magazine, Patagonia, etc.

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