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rozoneill: The hike begins with a giant leap across
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rozoneill: Wolf Creek barely contained any water, it was drying up
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rozoneill: Red poison oak leaves were a thing on this hike
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rozoneill: "Summit", I like the sound of that!
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rozoneill: The entirety of the hike was in lush woods
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rozoneill: Poison oak is pretty to look at but don't touch!
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rozoneill: The beauty of the leaves belie the itchy madness contained within
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rozoneill: Vine maple leaves get illuminated by the sun
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rozoneill: Initially, switchbacks kept the grade tolerable
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rozoneill: Forest on the slopes of London Peak
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rozoneill: The trail steadily gained elevation
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rozoneill: Part of a large patch of trilobed vanilla-leaf leaves
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rozoneill: It's beginning to look like Christmas!
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rozoneill: Leafy fire
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rozoneill: Poison oak heralds autumn's impending arrival
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rozoneill: Peace like a forest
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rozoneill: A fern thrives in a sunbeam
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rozoneill: The shade was most pleasant on a warm day
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rozoneill: The geometry of tree trunks
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rozoneill: Crusty bark on an old madrone
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rozoneill: Up, up, up, darn it
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rozoneill: A madrone wiggles next to the staid conifers
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rozoneill: Poison oak, tending towards a light yellow color
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rozoneill: Bigleaf maple leaf basking in the sun
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rozoneill: Going round a forested bend
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rozoneill: Part trail and part staircase
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rozoneill: Whirling dervish of a tree
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rozoneill: Photosynthesis is a spotty proposition, at best
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rozoneill: Dense foliage within the forest
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rozoneill: Ever on upward through the forest I go