Dean Cardinale Photos for National Geographic Adventure Magazine

During the winter of 2003-2004 I was working for the Daily Utah Chronicle and a startup magazine that never started up called Theory Magazine. We decided to do an in depth photo essay on avalanche control and the incredible guys behind it. Any way, I spent two days (days that started at like 4:30am) with the Snowbird Ski Patrol and the avalanche safety coordinator, Dean Cardinale. (For more on Dean check out www.deancardinale.com and www.wwtrek.com) There were a lot of photos, the final essay won some awards with student journalist photographer associations and stuff like that. It was a cool experience and I think there is still more work to be done, but in the last three years Dean has been busy working on his goal to climb the seven summits, the highest point on each continent. National Geographic Adventure Magazine will be doing a story on Dean and there may be a possible trip to Africa next summer to document a climb on Mt. Kilimanjaro. Anyway, below are some of the photos we are considering giving to National Geographic to run, which one do you like best?