Appalachian Observations – Experiences and lessons learned from the perspective of a WV artist, engineer, and mountaineer. by Gabe R. DeWitt

2016, boating, By Gabe DeWitt, Cheat River, Cheat three-toothed snail, flat-spired three-toothed snail, Friends, memorial day weekend, rafting, river, select*, Snail, three toothed snail, Three-Tooth, Triodopsis platysayoides, water, West Virginia, white water, whitewater three-tooth Snail
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Flat-spired three-toothed snail

Look at what Tara found beside our tent on Sunday night...the endangered Three-Toothed Snail! The flat-spired three-toothed snail is found only in West Virginia, among Upper Connoquenessing sandstone outcroppings and boulders, in a restricted…
Tim Beard, Artist, Cheat River Festival
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Cheat River Festival 2016 Photos

Here are this year's photo highlights form the Cheat River Festival in Albright, West Virginia. I shot a lot of these images with Tara's new Sony A7ii, using my Nikon 50mm f1.2 (borrowing my friend Tim's Nikon lens adapter). They're a great…
Video Shorts, Gabe DeWitt, Alaska, Northern Lights Video, Squirt Boating, Music,
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Video Shorts

A small collection of short videos I've made over the last year + In May of 2015, I took a sabbatical to adventure around the South Island of New Zealand. I had made no plans or expectations for this trip, keeping each day and night…
First Day at Coopers, Coopers Rock, Climbing, Bouldering, Dylan Jones, Matt Cline, Eric Fizer, by Gabe DeWitt
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The First Day at Coopers

Poem by Dylan Jones - Photos by Gabe DeWitt ‘Twas the first day at Coopers, and all through the woods The climbers were out trying to bag up the goods; Spotters huddled round the crash pads with care, In hopes that success would ring…
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Slackline the Uncharted

My second day in Hawaii we head to a locals spot near Hilo for a little uncharted slacklining...
Albright, Cheat Fest, Cheat River Festival, Events, Music, Places, West Virginia
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Cheat River Interview

The following are my responses to a recent FOC interview about the upcoming Cheat River Festival... What was it like growing up in the Cheat River Watershed? It gives and it takes..and gives. My entire immediate family comes from the Cheat…
Nature Conservancy Magazine
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Cheat River Takes a Turn

Published in Nature Conservancy Magazine I shot an assignment for The Nature Conservancy last spring featuring several aspects of the Cheat River. This February the story was published in Nature Conservancy magazine including two of my photographs…
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Fasnacht 2016

Fasnacht is the pre-lenten burning of Old Man Winter. It occurs on the Saturday before Ash Wednesday and is likened to Mardi Gras, with its roots in the Swiss Winterfest, but with it's own West Virginia flare.  When I first arrived in Helvetia…
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Instagram Takeover for AAC

I'm Feeling super stoked to be featured by one of the predominant climbing/outdoor organizations I follow (and proud member of). This week I got invited to takeover the American Alpine Club's Instagram account. Today is day 4 of the Instagram…