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Traversing a pressure ridge
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The perfect campsite - shelter from the wind
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Would you give us a ride...?
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a watched pot never boils... looks like this one might, though
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King's Bowl - it's a long way down to that water...
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Trekking.
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Cave illumination
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lava and lava and lava
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mental preparation before advancing into the lava
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tree huggers - ancient juniper
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settling into camp under dissipating sunlight
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dropping below the surface - newly discovered cave
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into the great unknown
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parallel the chasm
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and so it begins - leaving the trusty vehicles in the rearview
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Fresh out of civilization - hitting the trail!
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pondering a cave from above
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Three cheers for Wilderness!
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“You could try making sense out of the universe, but you were too small and the parts you needed to see were too large or even smaller.” -Kathryn Davis
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Directional indecision
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weary explorers make it to the final campsite
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utterly untrammeled
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ascending the cinders
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taking the lava escalator
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a contrast of harsh landscape - lava vs. mountain
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Bonds of companionship form forceful and strong when immersed in what is not our element.
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elk making their way through the lava
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lunar eclipse as seen from (Craters of) "The Moon"
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like moths to a flame
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snow from a cave = water for hikers
