OUR GORGE your Gorge

Photographer Teresa Dalsager was climbing Beacon Rock last summer when she took this photo of her friend, Christine Troy, on the southeast corner route. “It was such a beautiful day,” she said. “It’s just magical being in the Gorge anyway. When you get to do something you love in a place you love, it’s meaningful.” Dalsager has been climbing for many years, but more consistently over the past five years. “When you’re hiking Beacon Rock, don’t be alarmed when you’re standing at the lookout at the top and helmets pop up,” she said, noting that it’s a popular destination for climbers as well as hikers.

The Photographer

TERESA DALSAGER spent her first years in Stevenson, where her parents grew up, before moving with her family to Portland. She started dabbling in photography during her career as vice president of training for a large corporation. “I was always the one who said, ‘We should take photos,’ and I started picking up the camera,” she said. After retiring in 2013, she turned her passion for photography into a second career. She and her husband moved from California to Troutdale in 2016 and she spends much of her spare time — when not working photography jobs — in the Gorge, where she still has family. teresadalsager.com