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aharrr me hearties!
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Auditioning for ZZ Top II
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nice green bit below the hermitage
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Valley of the Hermits
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When life gives you rocks
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Hello? Anybody home?
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Monk's outlook
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prayer flags on the edge of raging torrent
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prayer flags help you find where the path is in winter
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stupas above the hermitage
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Didn't know "hermitage" means "place where hermit lives" until I climbed up to one
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Climbed all the way up here
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this sh8t is steep
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Near-freezing glacial melt refreshes the parts other waters do not reach
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it's a long way down, as it usually is in these parts
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kind of a track but more of a cliff
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yikes
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mmm i love hand-made shale steps with no mortar at the edge of a cliff
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soft edge
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'safe' bit
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i guess i'm just taller than the monks
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over the rooftops of Lari back towards Tabo