Cliff Crego is a composer, (former) conductor, teacher, poet, translator, and art / nature photographer. He is currently on an extended bike/ski/mountaineering trek of the Pacific Northwest. His base in North America is in the rugged and beautiful Wallowas, in an isolated corner of northeast Oregon; In Europe, he is based both in the Netherlands, and the central part of the Swiss Alps. Weekly updates of his photos, poems & metaphysical journals for this trip can be viewed at: www.picture-poems.com