Help a fellow climber realize his dream... And cool new pics daily!

Hello everyone,
This isn't the usual MP post but I am looking for all the help I can get and I think that the MP community could really help out. I haven't been that vocal on here before but I look at it pretty much everyday, especially when I was bored at work.

So here it is...

I'm a dirtbag climber and struggling photographer trying to make it in the photography world and I've got this opportunity that could really jump start my career and change my life.

It's a photo contest in which you design your dream photography assignment and get people to vote for it. The winner gets $50,000 to make their dream come true.

My idea is mountain and climbing related so I thought people might be supportive. Here is the short summary.

"To photograph the high mountain people of the world, the ways in which they have adapted to living at high altitude, their culture, daily life, and to document the ways of life that are vanishing in the high mountains."

Climbers have a lot of impact on people living in the high mountain regions of the worlds, some good and some probably not so good. My idea won't focus on climber interaction with high mountain people but it certainly might come into the picture.

If this sounds interesting to you, you can vote for me and learn more about my idea at the link below. Or if you want to be really awesome and earn extra karma points you can forward this on to your friends, family, climbing buddies and whoever.

nameyourdreamassignment.com…

And oh yeah, if you want to check out my photography I have a few pics on here, but my website is lucasbarth.com/

Thanks for your time,
Lucas

• *Edit. Im going to post up a few of my pictures everyday if I can to try and keep interest up, so keep checking back for some cool pics.

Well, no has responded to my post, so maybe I can entice with some eye candy. Here are a few of my pics from New Zealand. Please check out my OP and help me out. It just takes a minute to vote for me in the dream photography contest.

I voted for you so you better start living your dreams asap!

I'm on it!

you're great. you have my vote!
my fav is the 3rd one. so iconic looking

lucas, that sounds like a neat project. Have you selected what people and where you will focus?

Im sure $50,000 would be nice, BUT if for some reason you cant get that the actual cost of spending a month in the Karakoram, Greater Himalaya and Hindukush (northern Pakistan) will run you about $3000. This would include hotels, transportation, camping fees, permts, meals, porters, fuel, road taxes, and a guide who can introduce you to the local Baltis, Hunzakuts and Chitralis.

I voted for you, good luck.

some beautiful shots of Castle hill, Malte Brun and Mt Cook there...

Hey Ali,
Thanks for the info. I haven't decided on any particular communities to visit yet. Sounds like you have a good bit of knowledge about the area though, so maybe I'll ask you some questions in the future.

And now for the pics of the day. Thanks for your support thus far, and please check out my OP.

These are a few from Patagonia.

As promised, three more pics, please check out my original post and vote for me!

Here are my pics of the day. Please check out my original post and vote for me!

How about something completely different today.

Amazing pics and great idea- you got my vote. Good Luck.

I voted for ya

Nice pics. You got my vote.

You have an admirable goal and my vote, live your dream!

I second Ali's suggestion of traveling to the Himalaya's. I was fortunate enough to realize my dream of climbing in Nepal in 2007. Not only is it financially easy (once you get there), but you will find the people and culture are wonderful.

I tend to take pictures to document my adventures and not as art, but you will have plenty of material to work with in the Himalaya.

Hey Andy,
Thanks!
I took the bald eagle shots in the Klamath Basin of California. you can check out my website, (link on original post), to see some more of them.

hey you should come up to alaska, i'm a photagrapher too and i first realized my passion for it when i took photography at my school. your pics are really good definetily have my vote!

keep it up
-chris

i voted for you, make us proud

Here are my pics of the day. Please check out my original post and vote for me in the dream photo contest!

Here are a few from Red Rocks

Well, no one responded yesterday, but that's ok. Here are a few more pics. Please check out my original post and vote for me!

Here is some of my more 'arty' stuff.

I voted for ya. Good luck!