CHIC BURGE
I was born and raised in the Spokane Coeur d’Alene area, and started hiking at a young age. Working in retail camera sales for 50 years. At one time I was in the Spokane Astronomical Society in the early 80’s.
But the call of nature always won out. In 1984 I joined the Spokane Mountaineers, and have held various jobs. In 2004 I was elected Honorary Member due to my work organizing its meeting minutes, and archives.
As I aged I realized that my life was fuller, and my photography reflected my love for the outdoors.
In the Spokane Mountaineers, I have led trips of all sorts throughout the region. My slide collection has 17,684 transparencies, all in trays, and cataloged for easy viewing. I’ve always wanted to make a coffee table photo book of our region, but the cost and effort seemed unattainable.
I moved to Kellogg in September of 2018 to be closer to the mountains, and real close to Silver Mountain. I even took a very part time job at Silver, because I hate skiing on Saturdays.
Then one day on a trail maintenance work party at Lone Lake, I got to talking to David Crafton. He told me of his website, so I checked it out. It wasn’t long before I asked about a collaboration on creating this website. It isn’t the coffee table photo book I wanted, but I think it’s way better. On a website, I can pass on my knowledge of our mountains, with many images to entice you to go look for yourself. To make sure I cover all the bases, I added sections on OPTIONS:. This make the website useful to even seasoned hikers.
As time goes on, we will include the following activities:
Wildflowers
Waterfalls
A link to Hot Springs around the world. Why reinvent the wheel.
And a "GALLERY" to showcase our images that aren't in each write up, or topic.
And thru conservation discussion, show how we, the users, can protect and keep our region clean and enjoyable for all.
So, I would like to ask you to help. I haven’t been everywhere, and done everything. If you go on any of the above activities, I would like to ask you to contribute to this website by writing and photographing about your outing in the template we are using.
Your contribution will be noted in its page on the website.
A friend in the Spokane Mountaineers sent me this to me after a Two Mouth Lakes to The Wigwams key exchange backpack in the American Selkirks.
Thanks, that is exactly what I was looking for. My thigh muscles (especially on the left) were quite sore but nothing that I won’t recover from easily. It’s a good kind of sore, not an injury.
When we sign up for an outing you are leading, we always expect several things:
I will share a few of our better pictures with the group, and you can use any of them you like.
Thanks for all the immense effort you put into preparing and managing this trip. It was a logistical puzzle for sure, but teamwork made it all go as smoothly as possible. And yes, thank goodness we had no injuries!
Carol & Chuck
But the call of nature always won out. In 1984 I joined the Spokane Mountaineers, and have held various jobs. In 2004 I was elected Honorary Member due to my work organizing its meeting minutes, and archives.
As I aged I realized that my life was fuller, and my photography reflected my love for the outdoors.
In the Spokane Mountaineers, I have led trips of all sorts throughout the region. My slide collection has 17,684 transparencies, all in trays, and cataloged for easy viewing. I’ve always wanted to make a coffee table photo book of our region, but the cost and effort seemed unattainable.
I moved to Kellogg in September of 2018 to be closer to the mountains, and real close to Silver Mountain. I even took a very part time job at Silver, because I hate skiing on Saturdays.
Then one day on a trail maintenance work party at Lone Lake, I got to talking to David Crafton. He told me of his website, so I checked it out. It wasn’t long before I asked about a collaboration on creating this website. It isn’t the coffee table photo book I wanted, but I think it’s way better. On a website, I can pass on my knowledge of our mountains, with many images to entice you to go look for yourself. To make sure I cover all the bases, I added sections on OPTIONS:. This make the website useful to even seasoned hikers.
As time goes on, we will include the following activities:
- XC Skiing
- Mt. Biking
- Eventually, I would like to add Climbing in our region.
Wildflowers
Waterfalls
A link to Hot Springs around the world. Why reinvent the wheel.
And a "GALLERY" to showcase our images that aren't in each write up, or topic.
And thru conservation discussion, show how we, the users, can protect and keep our region clean and enjoyable for all.
So, I would like to ask you to help. I haven’t been everywhere, and done everything. If you go on any of the above activities, I would like to ask you to contribute to this website by writing and photographing about your outing in the template we are using.
Your contribution will be noted in its page on the website.
A friend in the Spokane Mountaineers sent me this to me after a Two Mouth Lakes to The Wigwams key exchange backpack in the American Selkirks.
Thanks, that is exactly what I was looking for. My thigh muscles (especially on the left) were quite sore but nothing that I won’t recover from easily. It’s a good kind of sore, not an injury.
When we sign up for an outing you are leading, we always expect several things:
- It will be an adventure.
- There will be a big payoff in scenery.
- It will require some effort and probably some bushwhacking (Dave called it chicwackin’.)
- It will be fun!
I will share a few of our better pictures with the group, and you can use any of them you like.
Thanks for all the immense effort you put into preparing and managing this trip. It was a logistical puzzle for sure, but teamwork made it all go as smoothly as possible. And yes, thank goodness we had no injuries!
Carol & Chuck