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August: photos post

Posted by Patrick Lam on Thursday, September 11, 2025

I took some more pictures in August, but not as many as July. I also somehow had less time to process pictures. Plus, there are a couple of sets that I’m not posting here. I don’t know if I dug myself deeper into a hole. Caught up a bit with some May and July photos, as well as some August phohtos. Anyway, less than July but more than June.

Picture logs available, and, as always, pictures are clickable to go to the full gallery.

  • Sets of pictures processed: August=12, July=15
  • Total pictures processed: August=563, July=845
  • Total pictures in selection pool: August=2123, July=3354
  • Accept rate: 27% (min 16%, max 58%)
  • Pictures posted on this page: 80
Edmonton Int'l 2023; Bloque gym in Lima; cat at Bloque; tower atop Suur Munamagi; Tallinn from the air; Nikos & Marios in Litochoro; morning at Nant Borrant; onto the Grande Écaille; looking over to the Aiguille des Glaciers; rescuer dropoff; Grande Écaille; morning with Mont Blanc; lenticular; peak in window; MP and me at the end of the TMB; 75; BVCF DJ.

Fauna and flora (mostly birds):

Two terns in Tallinn; spider; lots of mint beetles in the Alps; mountain burnet; spiniest thistle; two ibex; common wall lizard; merlin in Montreal; flat cat; vole?.

Judo, Edmonton (March 2023) and Lima (April 2025)

Made sense to me to combine the Edmonton Int’l and Lima Referee Seminar here.

Warmup at Edmonton International; ceiling at the Mall; snow on the Prairies; various Canadians in Lima; modelling Judo Canada wear.

Estonia (May 2025)

Some more pictures from Estonia; still have 3 more big days to process.

Suur Munamagi (Estonia highpoint) tower; spheres at Suur Munamagi; lakes from Pesapuu; another hotel view (Tallinn); outside TLL; wind turbines.

To Olympus (July 2025)

I did the main mountain days last month. There is still this collection here and also one more small day (ATH-YUL) to come.

Various islands; dog at Greek customs; disembarking Athens metro; 36°; bao buns at Greek truck stop; Agios Nikolaos; Olympus and some swallows; Litochoro church.

Tour du Mont Blanc (July/August 2025)

Some of the 40GB of photos here. Still heaps of photos to do. Here are two of the days.

Nant Borrant mountains at sunrise; hikers in the morning; MP & plam at Lacs Jovet; blue tarn; exposure on the Col d'Enclave; ridgeline; pointy peak with bergschrund; track and stream; other hikers; not-solid shale; some chiaroscuro; helicopter lift; refuge Robert Blanc; bunks in the refuge; refuge cat.
More mountains at dawn; first light; refuge Lac Blanc; low clouds; sparse; Galbert, the cause of an epic 15 years ago; traverse to Cornu on cables; Lac Cornu; paragliding; Grenoble Bastille view; cat from Residhotel; streets of Grenoble.

Beaver Valley Climbing Festival/Ottawa/Montreal (August 2025)

I thought I’d go to the BVCF, organized by the Ontario Alliance of Climbers. This caused me to get caught up in the Air Canada strike, oh well. Surely it was worth it.

My no-longer-waterproof tent; sponsor alley; dog with pink toy; Penney & audience; J with tickets; book signing; more prize distribution.

The List

Fewer photos added in August, but not so many off the backlog.

2023:

  • [March-July] various cellphone photos
  • [September] Waterloo/Calgary/Seattle/Squamish (7)
  • [October] Winnipeg, Scarborough and Sydney (3)
  • [November] Whitireia Park (1)
  • [November] Waiopehu (2)
  • [November/December] Ouvea, Noumea Zoo, Riviere Bleue, Aquarium, Grandes Fougeres, Pic Malawi (7)
  • [December] Seattle, Montreal, Nelson (4)
  • Various (4)

2024:

  • Various (6)
  • [February] Travers-Sabine (7)
  • [June] Light Cycles
  • [June] Nairn St Cottage
  • [June/July] Old Ghost Road (6)
  • [July] Melbourne/Cairns (7)
  • [August] Catlins (3)
  • [September] Skyline
  • [September] Japan (6)
  • [October] Rotorua (1)
  • [October] Ontario (5)
  • [October] Pasadena (5)
  • [November] Johnston Hill and Zealandia
  • [November] Gisborne (3)
  • [December] Cascade Saddle attempt (6)
  • [December/January] French Polynesia (8)

2025:

  • [January] Montreal
  • [January] Regina (almost none!)
  • [February] Japan (7)
  • [February/March] Kingston (2)
  • [March] Edmonton (4)
  • [March] Peterborough and Ottawa
  • [April] Lima (4)
  • [May] Estonia (3)
  • [May] Escarpment Track
  • [June] Korean Festival in Wellington/WJA (2)
  • [June] Australian Nationals (4)
  • [June] PLDI (11)
  • [July] Olympus (3)
  • [July] TMB (10)
  • [August] TMB (1)
  • [August] Grenoble (3)
  • [August] Montreal/Vancouver (3)
  • [August] Auckland (1)
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