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| Everyone scrambles for shade. |
Laura photographs herself. |
Ryan looking cool. |
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Hack! Cough! Spit! |
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Ryan looking heroic. |
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Ryan looking warriorlike. |
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My shadow in blowing sand grains. |
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Ryan looking agile. |
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| David looks to the setting sun. |
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Good morning, 3 AM! |
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Laura crosses the stream. |
This memorial was by a particularly deadly stretch of road. |
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Cabins at Lake Como. |
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Snack time! |
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Breaking treeline. |
One of the Blue Lakes. |
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Ice on Crater Lake. |
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Intimidating steepness. |
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Mount Lindsey. |
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| Blanca Peak, 14,345 ft. (seventh in a series). |
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A tricky part. |
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The Mato Vega wildfire, which started while we were climbing. |
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Ellingwood Point, 14,042 ft. (eighth in a series). |
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| Blanca from Ellingwood. |
The ridge between Little Bear and Blanca. |
The chilling descent. |
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Returning home. |
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| The scorpion sucker Carissa and Kristen bought for me. |
It was gross! |
Zapata Falls. |
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More wildfire pictures. |
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