California
This involuntary double exposure - those occasional happenings which are one of the rewards from the frequent use of film -, can be read as the frame where the van crowded southwest of Portugal meets the similarly packed Yosemite valley in California; a journey to a place where I always dreamt of climbing and, my daily habit of documenting the reality and characters I come across where I live.
While climbing in Yosemite the last days of September, I had the opportunity to attend Ron Kauk's presentation (Return to Balance) and met him personally. A few days later - as the weather rewarmed in the valley - I went up for some routes in Tuolumne and, we came across, discussing keenly about some of the topics he had developed during the talk: his ideas on American native community, elders wisdom, nature education, conservation and the current industry behind climbing. Here's a portrait of the climbing legend.
