On the Trail of Kings

OPS Mountain King: Hiking Sweden’s Kungsleden in mid-October

Morning, as the clouds peel away. Shot on Kodak Portra 400.

In the mountains, Death doesn’t leap onto you as he would on a busy expressway or a quaking warzone. He sort of hangs around behind you, trudging in your footsteps so as to not leave any of his own, creeping closer when you’re not looking, all the while muttering to himself. Death might be homeless.