Location: Dempster Highway, Yukon Territory
Date: 5 October 2002
Camera: Pentax ZX-50
My journal entry about this moment reads as follows:
"My fingers are so frozen that I can barely type... sunsets up here have in general not been too spectacular, but tonight was an exception. I looked outside about an hour ago, and all of the snow had turned a shade of purple. I threw my winter jacket on top of the t-shirt, flannel, and down vest that I was already wearing and raced out towards a large hill behind my camping spot. Near the summit the snow had drifted to at least six feet, but I found a spot that was only waist-deep and literally rammed my way through and onto the top, thereby gaining an unobstructed view on all sides of the magnificent light. If frozen fingers are the price for viewing a sight like that then I'm more than happy to pay."