Description

Plan to arrive at Tombstone campground on Friday night so we can start the workshop over breakfast on Saturday morning. The workshop will end after breakfast on Monday, so participants are free to either head off hiking for the day or to use the day to travel home.

"Numinous" is defined as "of or pertaining to the spiritual and supernatural". How often have we looked at a landscape and felt a degree of transformation or elevation? How is the process of walking through the landscape a numinous journey, and how may photography be our personal reflection of this experience? In this workshop, we will take short day hikes in Tombstone mountains and share images in evening presentations. Through this process, we will explore how an image may be our vehicle for sharing the numinous qualities we discover in the wild.

Your Leaders

Marten Berkman is a northern photographer, film maker and visual artist who lives with his family upstream from Whitehorse, Yukon. His work focuses on arctic and subarctic light, landscapes and life. Marten is interested in how the art and process of photography can provide a meaningful bridge between people and the north's wild and remote landscapes. Marten’s images appear regularly in solo and group exhibits, publications and books, while his award winning documentaries have been shown across Canada and internationally. More information about his still images, films and visual art can be found at www.martenberkman.com.

Jill Pangman is very familiar with the country along the Dempster . She worked on the highway as a naturalist and biologist in 1984 and has traveled the road countless times since. She has hiked up innumerable valleys and peaks in the Ogilvies as well as Richardson Mountains, and has been guiding hikers and wildlife enthusiasts here since the mid 80s. Jill has 25 years of experience as a wilderness guide, outdoor educator, naturalist, and conservationist. Her passion is exploring wild places and sharing these experiences with others. She recognizes the capacity of wilderness sojourns to rejuvenate and inspire, and to deepen our connection to the natural world as well as to ourselves. She expresses her own love of nature, and her commitment to the healing of our world through her guiding, writing, photography and conservation-oriented work. She has immense gratitude for the beauty of nature as well as the human spirit, and she finds that leading journeys into the wilderness is an ideal venue to share this appreciation.

Price:

What's included?

• the services of 1 fully qualified Sila Sojourns guide and 1 photographer instructor
• all group equipment (including tents if needed), cooking equipment, first aid supplies, and satellite phone
• all meals from breakfast Day 1 to lunch Day 3

What´s not?

• transportation to and from Tombstone Campground (pick up and drop off in Dawson City is possible)
• personal belongings and equipment as per equipment list
• any accommodation or meals in Whitehorse and Dawson City

Topographical Information

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