{"id":6209,"date":"2020-10-14T10:11:35","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T16:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/?p=6209"},"modified":"2020-10-14T10:11:35","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T16:11:35","slug":"bad-weather-good-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/2020\/10\/14\/bad-weather-good-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad Weather, Good Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Skyline-Trail-Spotlight.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-magnific_type=\"image\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Skyline-Trail-Spotlight-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\"  class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-6210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Skyline-Trail-Spotlight-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Skyline-Trail-Spotlight-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Skyline-Trail-Spotlight-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Skyline-Trail-Spotlight-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Skyline-Trail-Spotlight-1320x880.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Skyline-Trail-Spotlight.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The worst weather is the best weather if you&#8217;re prepared! 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