BEYOND'S ARTISTS: Featuring Brandon Sawaya

It is no secret that Beyond is a beautiful place. After sifting through thousands of photographs taken throughout the last four decades, we have found it takes considerable talent to capture the essence of Beyond in a photograph. In the next few weeks we're going to highlight a few artists that have spent some time at Beyond in the mountains or on the water. Take a look at Beyond (and more) through their lenses.

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Brandon Sawaya is a professional photographer with a BA in Photography. He specializes in (but is not limited to) outdoor lifestyles and lives actively by rafting and swimming in scenic rivers, trekking trails and guiding at Beyond Malibu. Brandon lives in Redmond, WA with his wife Alaina (also a Beyond guide) and spends most of his time snapping shots and honing his skills in the outdoors of the Pacific Northwest.  Brandon will be back at Beyond for his second summer of guiding in 2011.  Here are a few of his shots:

A beyond trip climbs the JJ Glacier Moraine.

Rope Teams on the JJ Glacier.

Jeff gets his summit ridge stoke!

Sea Kayaking in the Princess Louisa Inlet.

A Beyond group and the sunrise over the Princess Louisa.

A light ride!

Check out his website to see more of his work.

Website: http://www.sawayaphotography.com
Blog: http://sawayaphotography.com/blog/

Bee-yond Song

If you've visited Base Camp in recent years, this will be a familiar tune.  If not, then the lyrics of the current "Beyond Song" should give you a nice chuckle.  Enjoy!

BEE-YOND

These mountains don’t mess around,

You’ll probably wet your pants when you hit the shore.

You’ll struggle through the forest and the streams before us and get Christmas toe. 

You’ll try to climb these rocks and rappel these drops in your pink swamis.

Thank God for Mom and Dad for letting us be here so we can hang with Jesus.

Bee-yond (x4)

You think you got it-ooh you think you got it.

Just cat clawing in your helmet when you start to fall.

We get the cheddar, ooh we get the cheddar.

Mexi-meal always beats Taco Time at the mall.

Enjoy yourself, trips don’t last forever.

What makes (x5) this the exception!

So why oh, why oh are we so in denial when we see that our God is here?

Bee-yond (x5)

Leader: Alright now fellas.

Guys: Yeah!

Leader: What’s cooler than being cool?

Guys: Glacier pools!

Leader: I can’t hear you, what’s cooler than being cool?

Guys: Glacier pools!!

Leader: Alright, alright now ladies,

Ladies: Yeah!

Leader: I’m about to break this thing down for ya… Now hike it, hike it, hike it. Now hike it, hike it, hike it, hike it like your mamas stairmaster.

Bee-yond (x4)

(To the tune of Hey-Ya by OutKast)