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PIES EN LA ARENA

Zolkan Trail Running

PIES EN LA ARENA

Club Ecuestre de Cachagua
January 10, 2018 by Felipe Gálvez Fotografía in Trail Running

Cada cierto tiempo, me las doy de Rambo, creo que me las puedo todas, y tiendo a cargar más de lo que debería, literal, como figuradamente. Y ese fin de semana de octubre, fue así. 

Me levanté a eso de las cinco de la mañana, cuando todo en mi casa estaba a oscuras. Las luces de la calle, a penas lograban proyectar sombras a través de los árboles frente a la ventana del pasillo. Para alguien solo un poco más asustadizo, podría haberle parecido una escena de película de suspenso, o terror. La casa crujía, se escuchaban ruidos, tanto adentro como afuera. Escenario perfecto, para que el malo de nuestra película mental, nos agarrara de los tobillos al poner los pies en el suelo saliendo de la cama. Pero para mí no. Estoy acostumbrado a las quejas de mi casa. A la madera haciendo ruidos al expandirse, o contraerse por las diferencias de temperatura, y a las cañerías que al unísono hacen temblar el techo, mientras que una u otra burbuja de aire trata de escapar.

Tal como me levanté, salí de mi casa luego de un frugal desayuno. A oscuras. Me tocó manejar un poco más de una hora hasta Cachagua, siendo el punto de encuentro, el Club Ecuestre. Se podrán imaginar un poco la mezcla de olores al llegar, entre aire marino y heces de caballo. Por suerte cuando llegué, justo se levantó una leve brisa, que despejó el aire para los competidores que venían llegando. 

Ese día, seríamos cuatro fotógrafos a cubrir el evento, Pilar Elorriaga, Tita Martinez, Felipe Cuevas, y quién les escribe. Para suerte mía, nos dejaron escoger qué área cubriría cada uno. Claramente, escogí la playa. Es donde me siento más a gusto sacando fotos. Y al igual que el bosque y la montaña, que formaban parte de este particular circuito de Trail Running, la playa tiene sus propias dificultades. Caminar cargado, es una de ellas.

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La carrera comenzó con los más pequeños a la cabeza, con un trazado de, si mal no recuerdo, dos kilómetros. Unos con más experiencia que otros, hicieron el tramo en unos 15 a 20 minutos aproximadamente. Yo lo hice en unos 45 minutos, tratando de capturar momentos, y buscar esas expresiones que te dejan con la vista pegada en las fotos, en algunas lo logré más que en otras. Toma tiempo aprender a estar en el lugar adecuado, en el momento oportuno, y creo que he mejorado con el tiempo. Aún así, queda mucho por aprender.

Luego de una pequeña pausa para hidratarse, tanto deportistas, como el cámara caminante que les escribe, se dio la largada de los adultos, quienes harían una vuelta de treinta kilómetros, que es más o menos, la distancia entre mi casa en Concón, hasta Playa Ancha en Valparaíso, o la distancia entre el Costanera Center hasta el comienzo de la Ruta 68 tomando el camino de la Costanera Norte.

Para esta vuelta, me tocaría cambiar de playa, dirigiéndome más hacia el norte, a Zapallar. 

Una de las cosas que he aprendido con los años, que acompaña a la fotografía, sea cual sea el tipo de fotos que se hagan, es el arte de la paciencia. Hay que observar, pensar, componer, volver a pensar, sacar una foto de muestra, revisar ajustes, revisar composición, hacer ajustes si necesario, seguir caminando, volver a escoger un lugar, y hacer todo de nuevo. Hace que las horas se vuelvan minutos, incluso segundos. Se entra en un estado de concentración que no te desvía de tu propósito, capturar momentos. Incluso, si tienes que esperar más de una hora y media a que los atletas recorran bosques costeros, cerros, y la mitad de una playa.

Y tan increíble como pasa el tiempo esperando, pasa cuando llegan los atletas. Todo sucede en una fracción de segundos, llega el primero, hago el encuadre que llevo esperando capturar hace rato, saco la foto. Click! Foto lista, secuencia lista, al mismo compás que las olas rompen en las piedras a escasos metros de mi. Tomo el mismo camino que hice para llegar hasta este punto, caminando a través de cada foto que hago en el trayecto de vuelta a la meta.

Así es como después de 8 horas trabajando, me siento en el auto, descargo las fotos, hago los respaldos correspondientes, y parto al siguiente trabajo, un matrimonio, otras 8 horas más, dos días laborales en uno. No sé como aguanté jajaja.

Un abrazo, nos vemos en la próxima aventura ;)

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January 10, 2018 /Felipe Gálvez Fotografía
Trail, Running, AndesChimp, Zapallar, 2017, Fotos, trail, running, fotos, zapallar, Zolkan, zolkan
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Leaving Instagram 👋

It has been a pleasure for sure!
From the time I’ve taken off of the platform, a few weeks back, it has made me realize what’s important in this job, and what’s not. I’ll not delete the account, so you will be able to reach me over my website, or mail for the ones already here, or this will help the new ones to know how to make contact with me.
I don’t know if this is my last post, even though, for the time to come it will be.
Time to time, my work will be displayed in my blog, so make sure to check it out.
Till then, have a blast guys!
Love,
Felipe 🤙 P E A C E
It’s a state of mind, a way to live, a feeling.
Lately, the road trips that I’ve done over the last few months, have brought that to me, a peace that I hadn’t felt in a long time. That’s one of the reasons why I have been quite silent on the platform, but always working, grinding as much as I can. I have a few projects on the work, so I hope to be able to show them to you as soon as I can. F E A R
It’s just another emotion, a strong one. It’s a feeling that I use everytime I get in the water, it keeps me awaken, alert, and helps to know where to “stand”. The trick, is to not let fear take control over you, but let it help you achieve what you’re looking for.
Overcome F E A R, and let it be by your side as you should with all your emotions. So, this guy in a red suit gets in the water, and just after 10 minutes gets this massive wave. It was the biggest one that day, and gets barreled. I don’t know if it was skill or good luck 😐
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ISO 100 P A T I E N C E
It’s a virtue that not everyone has, but in this world, women have learnt to have patience with us, men. A world dictated, mostly, by our desires, leaving women sometimes behind.
Luckily, this is changing, and it won’t stop. Women have learnt to overcome this barriers, and it is our duty as men, to help our dear partners, to clean what keeps difficulting their lives.
It will make of the world, a better place.
Women, without you we’re nothing, that’s why, keep grinding, and shredding it in every sport. We’ll be by your side. At least I know... that I will. 💪👱‍♀️
#womensday #women #girlpower The golden green room, one of the most wonderful places on earth 🌊❤️
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#worldsurfinsta Some quite tricky conditions during the Volcom Sunset Sessions last satuday. This is one of the keepers 🏄‍♂️📷
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Specs coming soon On a sunset mission 📷☀️
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ISO 100 We all travel at the speed of light, even if it seems slower to us 🏄‍♂️⚡️
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ISO 100 On a transition, walking on air to overcome the obstacles among the road.
The humidity, the cross winds, the cold, things you have to embrace and accept to go forward. Not just on the straight path in front of you. 
Lovely Patagonia ❤️🌎
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ISO 3200 Chillin’ in some awesome landscapes. I could stay here under no matter the conditions, rain, wind, sun, snow. Thanks to the world for beeing as it is ❤️🌎
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ISO 1600 On some wild adventures down south in Patagonia, hitting this epic rainy sunset 🌄
📷: @felipecuevasphoto
#fstopgear #patagonia #canonchile #karun #karun Already a few hundred kilometers away from this beach break, had an amazing morning with my pal @nomadas.del.mar in the ocean. Taking pictures just for fun before Christmas 🎄🌊
Luckily we did not found any trash on the beach, nor ocean, we’ll see how the summer  will be 🤞
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ISO 1000 With a smile @valecarvallop, keeps at the head of the race. Almost at the end of her 40km cycling, after a quick 1,5km swim race, she was heading for the last bit of the race, the 10km running. Winning the overall woman category with a chrono of 02:22:14 hours. 🏊‍♀️🚴‍♀️🏃‍♀️
The folks of the #triatlondezapallar did put quite a challenge to all the athletes with a swim against currents, a lot of hill climbing for the cycling part, and some sand running.
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ISO 1600 What a weekend, this is my favourite picture so far of the #triatlondezapallar organized by the folks at @andeschimp, thanks guys for the challenge, it was amazing!
I’ve been training quite a lot to be able to take pictures like this, I hope you’ll like the work that will come during the following year. Cheers!
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In this particular picture, I was training for the Zapallar Triathlon organized by the folks at @andeschimp. Gotta be on point, as the athletes I’ll be shooting, the 9th of December. I’m looking forward to it! 📷🏊‍♂️🚴‍♀️🏃‍♂️
#underwater #underwaterphotography #underwaterphoto #apnea #freedive #cressi #canon #zapallar #triathlontraining #triathlon As I said before an “Off Valparaíso” without mishaps is not one, that’s when the wind blows, it does, and goes all over the top. 
The first, and only regatta of the second day, went smoothly with some 22,5 knots. After that, and trying not to crack the boats apart, the wind went up all the way to the 35 knots mark, and all the regattas to come, were suspended for the day. ⛵️
@tripodes.cl @photofactorychile @s40class @cnochile #sailing #sailboat #regatta #j24 #j105 #irc #s40 #soto40 #chile #offvalparaiso #action #santanderchile An “Off Valparíaso” without mishaps, is not an “Off Valparaíso” ⛵️
Prior to the second race day, the crews get their boats ready, and wait for the wind to blow 💨⛵️
And after the day is over, everyone chills out with a @stellaartois 🍺
@tripodes.cl @photofactorychile #cno #cnochile #fujixpro2 #fuji #canon #eos50d #sailing #soto40 #j24 #j105 #irc #chile #hdiseguros  @santanderchile New and exciting times are coming, and for that, I needed a different point of view. 🗺
A big thank you to all of who are reading this for being part of this adventure 🤘
#atacama #sanpedrodeatacama #lagunasescondidas #sunglasses #karunworld #differentpointofview #7seascollection #stocked #1k Couldn't be more proud of you lil brother, now the road is open for you to take your own path. Congrats on the mark for the World University Games! 🤘
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#taipei2017 #swimmer #breaststroke #200m #lane5 #universidade #firstplace #gym #instafitness #motivation #winner #instachile #natacion #fitness #ripped

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