What Happens If Something Goes Wrong Out There? Managing Fear and Risk in Solo Landscape Photography

What Happens If Something Goes Wrong Out There? Managing Fear and Risk in Solo Landscape Photography

There’s a particular kind of dread that settles in around mile four of a solo hike, when the trail has thinned out and your phone shows no signal bars. I’ve felt it dozens of times over twenty years of working as a landscape photographer, usually right as the light is getting interesting and my brain decides to run through every worst-case scenario it can invent. What if I twist an ankle here?