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Tom Becht: 01 The single lane 5500' climb from the saddle to TH
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Tom Becht: 02 Caren at beginning with Maui behind her
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Tom Becht: 03 Same sign but different volcano
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Tom Becht: 04 Volcano National Park
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Tom Becht: 05 Starting on the trail
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Tom Becht: 06 Getting hard to breathe
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Tom Becht: 07 Climbing above the observatory
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Tom Becht: 08 Mauna Kea
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Tom Becht: 09 Lava patterns
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Tom Becht: 10 Entering the national park
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Tom Becht: 11 Caren at the park sign
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Tom Becht: 12 Best (and only) trail of the hike
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Tom Becht: 13 I think she's still having fun
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Tom Becht: 14 Meeting of different flows
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Tom Becht: 15 Caren takes a break while I press on to the high point
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Tom Becht: 16 Short time later the first views
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Tom Becht: 17 Steep caldera walls
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Tom Becht: 18 This thing is huge
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Tom Becht: 19 High point from intermediate summit
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Tom Becht: 20 Summit cairn
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Tom Becht: 21 Looking back east along the wall
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Tom Becht: 22 Looking southwest to the two cones
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Tom Becht: 23 I think I see the cabin across the way
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Tom Becht: 24 Texture of the caldera floor
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Tom Becht: 25 Pele offerings
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Tom Becht: 26 Clouds moving in over Mauna Kea
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Tom Becht: 27 Volcanic fissure
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Tom Becht: 28 Volcanic ribbon used as trail
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Tom Becht: 29 Glistening rock
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Tom Becht: 30 Back to the good trail