Geoffrey Giebelhaus<p>Striations (2022) </p><p>I had just barely moved back to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Edmonton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Edmonton</span></a> area for a short work stint, and my sister and I already had made backpacking plans. We headed off into a lesser known area of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CanadianRockies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanadianRockies</span></a> to explore an old route the settlers used to traverse the area. This <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mountain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mountain</span></a> - the Sphinx as I came to know it - towered over the valley as we hiked the meadows. A wonderful welcome back to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alberta</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mountainmonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mountainmonday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/monochromemonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monochromemonday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/landscapephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landscapephotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lpw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lpw</span></a></p>