2026 Spring/Summer Mountain Thread

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Does everyone recall Vann Helms of the higher elevations of Rutherfordton County who used to post great winter photography, year round photography as well as his valuable winter weather observations from his area?  I think his handle was 'MountainMarvel'.

Back during the covid time, I had noticed he quit posting on the forum and had stopped updating his Wordpress photography blog, so I had feared that covid may have gotten him.

His Blue Ridge Impressions Photography Blog happened to come up in my bookmarks list this afternoon, so I looked at the last comments on his blog to see a note from his family that he passed away 4 years ago July 8, 2022 due to complications from throat cancer.  Although I never knew him personally, I never recall him telling the forum he was facing that challenge.  He also at least once had hosted a forum members get together one year.

Remarkable he passed right at 4 years to today's date.

Please take a moment as I did to pray for the repose of his soul and offer thanks and gratitude for his devotion and appreciation and sharing of great western NC photography and his contributions to the forum.

His family has left his photography contributions available on his Wordpress site at this link:

Vann Helms Blue Ridge Impressions Photography Wordpress Blog