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Click me for pix of the little baby.
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Click me for pix of the toddler.
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Click me for pix of the pre-school kid.
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Jim examines the slime.
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Telescope Pk over Panamint Valley
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Climbing Pinto Peak
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Getting late going down
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But easier than going up!
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Out on the big flats behind Salt Creek
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Evening shadows
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Salt Flats, Telescope Peak
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Dune jumping in sandstorm
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![](ben_pix/dv07/ben_mine_tiny.jpg) |
Minor miner again
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Climbing Jubilee Peak
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Southern DV from Jubilee
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Three guys with hats
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BYO shade
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Old mine road near Skidoo
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July 2007 |
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Early start to Angels Landing
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Not sure I want to go up there.
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Canyon Overlook
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50 points for my ringtail!
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Brrr... Refrigerator Canyon?
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![](ben_pix/utah07/crossbedding_tiny.jpg) |
Cross bedded sandstone
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![](ben_pix/utah07/virgin_green_tiny.jpg) |
Going to the Narrows
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See why it's called Top Rock?
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![](ben_pix/utah07/top_wash_tiny.jpg) |
Canaan Mountain
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Canaan slickrock
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![](ben_pix/utah07/virgin_narrows_tiny.jpg) |
Virgin Narrows
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![](ben_pix/utah07/pine_creek_mud_tiny.jpg) |
Yesterday's rain, today's mud
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![](ben_pix/utah07/ouzel_bath_tiny.jpg) |
Swimming with ouzels
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![](ben_pix/utah07/willis_boy_tiny.jpg) |
King of the narrows!
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Willis Creek
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A long drop down
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Looking fresh in the morning
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Sunrise on the Hermit Shale
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Supai flower, bigger than Ben
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Widforss Point
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The Transept. Up early on a hot day.
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Tidepool guys
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Climbing Scott's Bluff
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Famous overturned strata
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Flowing water? Dam it!
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Windy Ridge, Mt. St. Helens
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That's how it erupted!
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It's dormant, right Jim?
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Well, not quite!
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Wildlife goes for the good stuff.
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Don't fall!
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Death Valley 2008
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Civet in a hole!
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Narrows of Lovell Wash
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Dad, about the car...
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Close the door behind you.
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Desert Gold!
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The rocks have measels
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Crepuscular valley
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A long ways down.
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The answer is blowing in the wind
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Ruin with a view
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I am not climbing to the top!
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Bowl of Fire.
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Aguereberry Point
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The Butte.
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To King Midas Mine
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Amargosa Narrows
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Zion 2008
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First rap.
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On top of Slickrock Land.
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Slickrock Land.
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North Fork narrows.
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Behind the White Cliffs
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Red Canyon
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The Barracks in Parunuweap
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Really dark!
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Hard to get off route here.
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Mommy do it string!
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Cross bedded sandstone.
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Parunuweap, lots of quicksand.
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Swirly rock slot.
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Watch the thunderstorms...
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Above the crowds.
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Horned lizard, happy Ben.
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"Not so scary."
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Slickrock explorer.
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Low tide on Second Beach
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James Island, sunset at First Beach
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Fast food for an eagle
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Tucson's multi-story castle
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Northern Yucky Seal
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Above Hole-in-Wall
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Sand Point picnic area
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Late day sun
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Spindrift
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Scott's Bluff
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Family on logs
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Twisty arch
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Lichen Head
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On the beach.
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White sands.
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Sunset from Jessie's house
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Man-of-wars and other beach trash.
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Sobriety test
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Zinc Hill, the "other" summit
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Really big timbers.
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Petros of Lake Manly jellyfish?
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Favorite sunset, Jaywhawker Canyon
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Hot soak with the BirdandHike Guy
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A pack of desert rats
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Ben takes the rental for a spin.
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Grotto Canyon in the rain
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Corkscrew Wash
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You take the high road...
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John Lemoigne's cabin
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Not my fault!
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Marble Canyon narrows
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Marble Canyon narrows
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Wirelettuce may be used as a sun hat
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Crawl under the bridge
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And through the tunnel
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This isn't the bypass
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Parunuweap |
June 2009 |
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Old cattle trail
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Sunrise from our camp
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A "horned toad" a day...
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Ready to go down there?
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Ghosts of the Rock
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Shards. I didn't break it!
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Esplanade alcove camp
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Full pack, full sun.
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Navajo sandstone
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Parunuweap "trail"
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Narrows
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They just painted on the color!
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Parunuweap straghtaway
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Mineral Gulch
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More red walls
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A bad place to be...
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...in a thunderstorm
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But a shadow of itself
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Cable Mountain
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Morning light at Bryce
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Orange rock and bristlecone pines
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The subway at home has an escalator!
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Dad's favorite light
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Mud pie guy.
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Roaming in slickrock land
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Shower room in the Subway. *
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Butt Crack Mountain in background.
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View from a wild place.
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Lunch break in the mud mines.
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Big red ramp to the Subway.*
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Subway tunnel, watch for trains.*
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Subway pools, tub time!
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Kanarra Red
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The Bowling Alley
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Famous Subway log.
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Last stop in the Subway.
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Canyon Junction, end of Orderville *
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Take a left at the petroglyphs.
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Second Beach
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A stupendous castle.
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Tilted strata of Mt. Angeles
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Happily approaching end of the hike.
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"We never find brittle stars here."
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Fording the mighty Ozette
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Good beach activity on a cold day!
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Airy view of the Hole
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Launching into orbit.
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Hidden cove.
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Rare sunny morning on Rialto Beach
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Monkey in the middle!
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2009 - 2010 |
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Pie Guy on Elephant Head
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![](ben_pix/az09/stalky_view_tiny.jpg) |
Spikey head?
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![](ben_pix/az09/bobby_kitties_tiny.jpg) |
Only in the Sonoran Desert Museum!
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Santa Ritas, next destination
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Madera Canyon
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![](ben_pix/az09/lost_cat_tiny.jpg) |
Abandoned ocelot!
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![](ben_pix/az09/elephant_head_tiny.jpg) |
We ate pie up there.
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![](ben_pix/az09/three_wrightson_cropped_tiny.jpg) |
Mt. Hopkins behind
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Mt. Wrightson sunset
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Useful flower stalk
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Devil's Cash Box
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Above Santa Cruz Valley
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Gang of Four on Mt. Perry
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![](ben_pix/dv10/Thompson_cabin_tiny.jpg) |
Ben's mining cabin, needs a roof job!
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Sun sets behind Telescope Peak
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![](ben_pix/dv10/palm_and_panamints_tiny.jpg) |
Where the palm civets live
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Above the red canyon, Argus range
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Turn around in Palmer Canyon
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Last rays above the valley.
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Above Lake Manly
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Ore Boy
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![](ben_pix/dv10/valley_view_arch_tiny.jpg) |
View from the window seat
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![](ben_pix/dv10/honey_mine_tiny.jpg) |
Back to the honey mines
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No one here but us burros.
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East Northgate Peak
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![](ben_pix/zion10/buzz_tiny.jpg) |
Definitely scary
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![](ben_pix/zion10/right_fork_pool_tiny.jpg) |
Scenic before the thunderstorm
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![](ben_pix/zion10/spring_creek_red_tiny.jpg) |
Dad's favorite light again
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![](ben_pix/zion10/mean_lizard_tiny.jpg) |
Meanest guy on the trail
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![](ben_pix/zion10/coral_pink_castle_tiny.jpg) |
Don't drip it on Mom!
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Sandstone streaks
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![](ben_pix/zion10/mushroom_rocks_tiny.jpg) |
Admirable Boletus?
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![](ben_pix/zion10/deertrap_tiny.jpg) |
On Deertrap Mountain
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![](ben_pix/zion10/ewe_tiny.jpg) |
Who are ewe?
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![](ben_pix/zion10/lucee_overlook_tiny.jpg) |
Like Bryce, but no people
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![](ben_pix/zion10/bristlecone_tiny.jpg) |
Older than Granny!
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![](ben_pix/zion10/tight_squeeze_tiny.jpg) |
Best travelled before dinner
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Spring Creek, but where's the water?
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Dad's favorite rock
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Armful of canyon
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Dark passage
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Quicksand corridor
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Star fog on Rialto Beach
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Don't trip over the seal pup!
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Who's down there?
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![](ben_pix/lapush10/bear_paw_tiny.jpg) |
Fresh bear claw for breakfast.
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Mount Olympus
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Marmota olympus
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![](ben_pix/lapush10/hole_shot_tiny.jpg) |
Gophers through the Hole!
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![](ben_pix/lapush10/four_otters_tiny.jpg) |
We otter remember this family.
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![](ben_pix/lapush10/fording_ozette_tiny.jpg) |
Fording the mighty Ozette again.
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![](ben_pix/lapush10/multi-story-castle_tiny.jpg) |
Cats' multi-story castle
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![](ben_pix/lapush10/gull_chaser_tiny.jpg) |
Still chasing gulls!
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![](ben_pix/lapush10/eagle_perch_tiny.jpg) |
Lovely view for an eagle
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2010 - 2011 |
![](ben_pix/az10/spiral_again_tiny.jpg) |
Famous spiral petro, again
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![](ben_pix/az10/cactus_sunset_tiny.jpg) |
Evening in the Sonoran desert.
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![](ben_pix/az10/blackett_peak_tiny.jpg) |
Don't step back!
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![](ben_pix/az10/SR_snow_tiny.jpg) |
Thought we left the snow at home?
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![](ben_pix/az10/ocotillo_tiny.jpg) |
A bit early for ocotillo.
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![](ben_pix/az10/three_with_elephant_tiny.jpg) |
Snow melts fast here.
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![](ben_pix/dv11/teapot_tiny.jpg) |
I'm a little teapot...
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![](ben_pix/dv11/kaleidoscope_tiny.jpg) |
Kaleidoscope Canyon
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![](ben_pix/dv11/bat_tiny.jpg) |
Bat, bat, come under my hat!
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![](ben_pix/dv11/ben_waterfall_tiny.jpg) |
Desert canyon waterfall
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![](ben_pix/dv11/corridor_tiny.jpg) |
The long corridor
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![](ben_pix/dv11/guys_corridor_tiny.jpg) |
Do you have hall passes?
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![](ben_pix/dv11/three_winch_tiny.jpg) |
Winch you were here!
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![](ben_pix/dv11/chuckwalla_tiny.jpg) |
Fat, yes. Terrible? No. But sleepy!
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![](ben_pix/dv11/lazarus_lizard_tiny.jpg) |
Lazarus the zebra tailed
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![](ben_pix/dv11/crinoids_tiny.jpg) |
Long dead critters
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![](ben_pix/dv11/bighorn_tiny.jpg) |
Rock critter
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![](ben_pix/dv11/ben_jayhawker_tiny.jpg) |
Rock full of critters!
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![](ben_pix/dv11/racetrack_tiny.jpg) |
Big empty!
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![](ben_pix/dv11/ben_pool_tiny.jpg) |
The White Rock beverage fairy?
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![](ben_pix/dv11/ben_kathy_undertaker_tiny.jpg) |
Climbers
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![](ben_pix/dv11/ben_climb_tiny.jpg) |
Climber
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![](ben_pix/dv11/ben_crack_tiny.jpg) |
Not climbing!
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![](ben_pix/dv11/guys_in_slot_tiny.jpg) |
Guys in a slot
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![](ben_pix/zion11/zion_sunrise_tiny.jpg) |
On the trail at sunrise.
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![](ben_pix/zion11/yellow_rock_trio_tiny.jpg) |
Yellow Rock with nicer weather.
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![](ben_pix/zion11/water_cyn_arch_tiny.jpg) |
Arch above Water Canyon
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![](ben_pix/zion11/peekaben_tiny.jpg) |
Peek-a-Ben
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![](ben_pix/zion11/canaan_red_tiny.jpg) |
Canaan Mtn. slickrock land.
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![](ben_pix/zion11/moki_marbles_tiny.jpg) |
Moki marbles
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![](ben_pix/zion11/parunuweap_view_tiny.jpg) |
Parunuweap is down there.
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![](ben_pix/zion11/ben_kanarra_tiny.jpg) |
River otter.
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![](ben_pix/zion11/white_hoodoos_tiny.jpg) |
Up to the White Hoodoos this year.
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![](ben_pix/zion11/red_slickrock_tiny.jpg) |
Behind Crazy Quilt Mesa
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![](ben_pix/zion11/coiled_snake_tiny.jpg) |
Don't tread on me, Mom!
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![](ben_pix/zion11/cedar_breaks_tiny.jpg) |
Them's the (Cedar) Breaks!
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![](ben_pix/zion11/striped_junebug_tiny.jpg) |
Hissing junebug
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![](ben_pix/zion11/red_on_red_tiny.jpg) |
Matching colors
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![](ben_pix/zion11/zion_tree_tiny.jpg) |
Just another Zion view
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![](ben_pix/zion11/east_crazy_summit_tiny.jpg) |
On the Missing Mountain
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![](ben_pix/zion11/paria_box_tiny.jpg) |
The Box of the Paria River
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![](ben_pix/zion11/condor_wings_tiny.jpg) |
Looks about eagle sized.
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![](ben_pix/zion11/red_teepee_tiny.jpg) |
Red Teepees
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![](ben_pix/zion11/black_cap_tiny.jpg) |
Balancing act
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![](ben_pix/zion11/velvet_ant_tiny.jpg) |
Velvet ant
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![](ben_pix/lapush11/Olympus11_tiny.jpg) |
Glaciers on Mt. Olympus
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![](ben_pix/lapush11/lillies_lupine_tiny.jpg) |
Late snowmelt means August flowers.
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![](ben_pix/lapush11/three_marmots_tiny.jpg) |
Cute little vermin.
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![](ben_pix/lapush11/angeles_baker_tiny.jpg) |
Mt. Baker from Mt. Angeles
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![](ben_pix/lapush11/eagle_rocks_tiny.jpg) |
Eagle with food court in distance.
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![](ben_pix/lapush11/kathy_ben_2nd_beach_tiny.jpg) |
Late day light.
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![](ben_pix/lapush11/chicken_woods_tiny.jpg) |
Dinner?
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![](ben_pix/lapush11/yum_fungus_tiny.jpg) |
Sure, why not? Yum, fungus guy!
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![](ben_pix/lapush11/three_classic_view_tiny.jpg) |
The classic viewpoint
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![](ben_pix/lapush11/spire_rock_cave_tiny.jpg) |
A Quillayute Needle?
|
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![](ben_pix/lapush11/lapush_sunset_tiny.jpg) |
Colors.
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![](ben_pix/lapush11/red_legged_tiny.jpg) |
Red Legged Frog? Yes!
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![](ben_pix/lapush11/forest_fog_tiny.jpg) |
Dramatic light
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![](ben_pix/lapush11/sunstar_tiny.jpg) |
Speaking of arms...
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![](ben_pix/lapush11/three_otters_tiny.jpg) |
We otter tell yet another otter joke.
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![](ben_pix/lapush11/tk_dogs_tiny.jpg) |
Line up for TK's hot dog stand
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![](ben_pix/lapush11/two_arms_tiny.jpg) |
Eight of those = big octopus!
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![](ben_pix/lapush11/nudibranch_tiny.jpg) |
The elusive nudibranch
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2011 - 2012 |
![](ben_pix/az11/three_wasson_tiny.jpg) |
What's on Wasson Peak?
|
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![](ben_pix/az11/water_grabber_tiny.jpg) |
Hunting aquatic life forms
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![](ben_pix/az11/grassland_view_tiny.jpg) |
Desert grasslands
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![](ben_pix/az11/deer_eating_cactus_tiny.jpg) |
Yummy, at least to a deer
|
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![](ben_pix/az11/ben_and_cactus_tiny.jpg) |
Never touch a cactus!
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![](ben_pix/az11/windmill_tiny.jpg) |
Windmill Suites Motel?
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![](ben_pix/az11/Pima_water_tiny.jpg) |
Ah cool feet (clean too!)
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![](ben_pix/az11/three_little_elephnt_tiny.jpg) |
On top of the Little Elephant
|
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![](ben_pix/az11/classic_sunset_tiny.jpg) |
Just another desert sunset
|
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![](ben_pix/az11/crested_wren_tiny.jpg) |
Crested Cactus Wren
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![](ben_pix/az11/ocelot_tiny.jpg) |
We found Tucson's mother
|
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![](ben_pix/az11/sun_cottonwoods_tiny.jpg) |
Fall colors Sonoran style
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![](ben_pix/dv12/petro_ben_tiny.jpg) |
Ben deciphers the Petro Code
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![](ben_pix/dv12/baby_chuck_tiny.jpg) |
Sleepy baby Chuck.
|
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![](ben_pix/dv12/borax_chris_ben_tiny.jpg) |
Borax Benchmark
|
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![](ben_pix/dv12/redwall_chute_tiny.jpg) |
In Redwall Canyon's curvy guts
|
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![](ben_pix/dv12/dendrites_tiny.jpg) |
Should be a fossil, but isn't.
|
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![](ben_pix/dv12/sand_canyon_dune_tiny.jpg) |
Source of the Sand Canyon sand.
|
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![](ben_pix/dv12/room_with_a_door_tiny.jpg) |
Door jamb to Room Canyon
|
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![](ben_pix/dv12/bighorn_hand_tiny.jpg) |
Don't steal the petros!
|
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![](ben_pix/dv12/redwall_sunset_tiny.jpg) |
Amazing Redwall light
|
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![](ben_pix/dv12/old_martin_crossing_tiny.jpg) |
Old Martin wasn't Crossing.
|
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![](ben_pix/dv12/blue_mountain_tiny.jpg) |
Blue mountain. Really.
|
|
![](ben_pix/dv12/badwater_2012_tiny.jpg) |
Badwater
|
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![](ben_pix/dv12/redwall_evening_light_tiny.jpg) |
Stunning colors.
|
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![](ben_pix/dv12/red_wall_tiny.jpg) |
The Red is just painted on the Wall.
|
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![](ben_pix/dv12/redwall_bypass_tiny.jpg) |
Two guys on the "easy" dryfall bypass.
|
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![](ben_pix/dv12/chris_ben_slot_tiny.jpg) |
Two guys in the slot
|
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![](ben_pix/dv12/mudstone_slot_tiny.jpg) |
No guys in the slot
|
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![](ben_pix/dv12/three_on_borax_tiny.jpg) |
Above the badlands
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![](ben_pix/lapush12/south_2beach_12_tiny.jpg) |
Southern end of Second Beach
|
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![](ben_pix/lapush12/three_angeles_12_tiny.jpg) |
Above the Straits
|
|
![](ben_pix/lapush12/ben_tree_walk_tiny.jpg) |
The fabled tree octopus!
|
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![](ben_pix/lapush12/scotts_bluff_12_tiny.jpg) |
Scotts Bluff
|
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![](ben_pix/lapush12/ben_crab_tiny.jpg) |
Foraging for sea food
|
|
![](ben_pix/lapush12/ben_beans_tiny.jpg) |
Foraging for canned food
|
|
![](ben_pix/lapush12/three_sand_point_tiny.jpg) |
Sand Point
|
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![](ben_pix/lapush12/wedding_rock_petros_tiny.jpg) |
Wedding Rock petros
|
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![](ben_pix/lapush12/chilean_bay_tiny.jpg) |
Magical Light Bay
|
|
![](ben_pix/lapush12/deer_boardwalk_tiny.jpg) |
Who's boardwalk is this?
|
|
![](ben_pix/lapush12/deer_angeles_tiny.jpg) |
I guess I'll go around.
|
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![](ben_pix/lapush12/doe_fawns_tiny.jpg) |
Another day, another deer!
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|
|
2012 - 2013 |
![](ben_pix/az12/little_elephant_portrait_tiny.jpg) |
Happy New Year!
|
|
![](ben_pix/az12/coati_tiny.jpg) |
Male coatis are solitary
|
|
![](ben_pix/az12/pool_tank_tiny.jpg) |
Water pool?
|
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![](ben_pix/az12/dead_scouts_tiny.jpg) |
Dead Boy Scouts Saddle
|
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![](ben_pix/az12/coral_bean_tiny.jpg) |
The magic coral bean
|
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![](ben_pix/az12/stalk_basher_tiny.jpg) |
Spreading the seeds
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|
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![](ben_pix/dv13/martin_crossing_three_tiny.jpg) |
Fading Martin Crossing sign
|
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![](ben_pix/dv13/sheep_tiny.jpg) |
Bah Bah Bighorn Sheep
|
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![](ben_pix/dv13/ben_ram_tiny.jpg) |
Baaah Bighorn Ben
|
|
![](ben_pix/dv13/rock_nettle_wall_tiny.jpg) |
Going into the red?
|
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![](ben_pix/dv13/dad_fall_tiny.jpg) |
Dad peels off the wall
|
|
![](ben_pix/dv13/eye_needle_tiny.jpg) |
Eye of the knitting needle
|
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![](ben_pix/dv13/three_dunes_tiny.jpg) |
Dad can still walk!
|
|
![](ben_pix/dv13/twisted_pebbles_tiny.jpg) |
Zig-Zag
|
|
![](ben_pix/dv13/rock_nettle_slot_tiny.jpg) |
Deep into the red
|
|
![](ben_pix/dv13/sand_victory_tiny.jpg) |
Ben declares victory over the dunes
|
|
![](ben_pix/dv13/lounge_chairs_tiny.jpg) |
Laid back hikers
|
|
![](ben_pix/dv13/on_the_wall_tiny.jpg) |
Hold on, Spiderman!
|
|
![](ben_pix/dv13/crescent_bridge_tiny.jpg) |
Crescent Bridge
|
|
![](ben_pix/dv13/three_haystacks_tiny.jpg) |
Seeking the lost borax haystacks
|
|
![](ben_pix/dv13/inyo_ore_chute_tiny.jpg) |
Inyo Mine, super sized
|
|
![](ben_pix/dv13/tuck_five_tiny.jpg) |
The gang on Tucki
|
|
![](ben_pix/dv13/cottonball_tiny.jpg) |
Vast, but hard to get lost!
|
|
![](ben_pix/dv13/boring_rocks_tiny.jpg) |
Boring pink rocks.
|
|
|
![](ben_pix/ut13/three_on_jenny_tiny.jpg) |
A fun slickrock scramble.
|
|
![](ben_pix/ut13/orange_dunes_tiny.jpg) |
"Coral Orange" sunset dunes
|
|
![](ben_pix/ut13/going_down_tiny.jpg) |
Friction is your friend
|
|
![](ben_pix/ut13/edgy_rock_tiny.jpg) |
Looking pretty sharp
|
|
![](ben_pix/ut13/wet_snake_tiny.jpg) |
Can it rattle when wet?
|
|
![](ben_pix/ut13/hackberry_pillar_tiny.jpg) |
Through the Cockscomb
|
|
![](ben_pix/ut13/cave_valley_petros_tiny.jpg) |
Art from the Triangle Tribe
|
|
![](ben_pix/ut13/three_on_canann_tiny.jpg) |
Slickrock, slickrock, everywhere
|
|
![](ben_pix/ut13/hackberry_canyon_tiny.jpg) |
Hackberry Cyn., behind the Cockscomb
|
|
![](ben_pix/ut13/jughandle_arch_tiny.jpg) |
Can we handle another arch?
|
|
![](ben_pix/ut13/wet_slot_tiny.jpg) |
Dark and wet and cold
|
|
![](ben_pix/ut13/three_at_jug_tiny.jpg) |
Above the Center of the Universe
|
|
|
Montana 2013 |
![](ben_pix/yell13/cavern_tiny.jpg) |
Geysers spewing everywhere.
|
|
![](ben_pix/yell13/imperial_tiny.jpg) |
Imperial rarely stops.
|
|
![](ben_pix/yell13/lone_star_tiny.jpg) |
Lone, Star of the park.
|
|
![](ben_pix/yell13/riverside_tiny.jpg) |
Just happened upon Riverside spewing.
|
|
![](ben_pix/yell13/fumaroles_tiny.jpg) |
Fumaroles growling.
|
|
![](ben_pix/yell13/morning_glory_tiny.jpg) |
Old favorite Morning Glory.
|
|
![](ben_pix/yell13/windy_flowers_tiny.jpg) |
Miles of meadows.
|
|
![](ben_pix/yell13/windy_trio_tiny.jpg) |
Why it's called "Big Sky Country"
|
|
![](ben_pix/yell13/sentinel_tiny.jpg) |
The Montana I came looking for.
|
|
![](ben_pix/yell13/petrified_trees_tiny.jpg) |
Stone cold firewood.
|
|
![](ben_pix/yell13/bunsen_tiny.jpg) |
Northern Yellowstone vista
|
|
![](ben_pix/yell13/flower_meadow_tiny.jpg) |
Yes the flowers were out!
|
|
![](ben_pix/yell13/ben_scratch_tiny.jpg) |
Grizzly Ben sharpens his claws.
|
|
![](ben_pix/yell13/pronghorns_tiny.jpg) |
Do Proghorns have horns or antlers?
|
|
![](ben_pix/yell13/pika_tiny.jpg) |
EEEP!
|
|
![](ben_pix/yell13/elk_boy_tiny.jpg) |
Elk Boy
|
|
![](ben_pix/yell13/yellow_bellied_tiny.jpg) |
Glutton of the meadow.
|
|
![](ben_pix/yell13/prismatic_tiny.jpg) |
Coloration courtesy of algae.
|
|
|
![](ben_pix/wa13/ben_chris_rainier_tiny.jpg) |
Ben has grown more than the mountain.
|
|
![](ben_pix/wa13/foxgloves_tiny.jpg) |
What does the fox wear?
|
|
![](ben_pix/wa13/glacier_view_tiny.jpg) |
The glacier cracks us up
|
|
![](ben_pix/wa13/lupine_hillside_tiny.jpg) |
Lupine hillside
|
|
![](ben_pix/wa13/mouse_stick_tiny.jpg) |
Mouse on a stick
|
|
![](ben_pix/wa13/wa_pika_tiny.jpg) |
EEEP!
|
|
![](ben_pix/wa13/ben_spray_park_fog_tiny.jpg) |
And then the fog came...
|
|
![](ben_pix/wa13/giants_graveyard_tiny.jpg) |
Giants' Graveyard
|
|
![](ben_pix/wa13/ben_wedding_tiny.jpg) |
Wedding Rocks
|
|
![](ben_pix/wa13/oyster_mushrooms_tiny.jpg) |
Angel Wings
|
|
![](ben_pix/wa13/sand_snake_tiny.jpg) |
Slithering on the beach
|
|
![](ben_pix/wa13/moss_tiny.jpg) |
Long haired trees
|
|
![](ben_pix/wa13/point_north_of_hole_tiny.jpg) |
Back to the Hole
|
|
![](ben_pix/wa13/red_urchin_tiny.jpg) |
There is always a red one.
|
|
|
2013 - 2014 |
![](ben_pix/az13/three_elephant_head_tiny.jpg) |
On top of Elephant Head.
|
|
![](ben_pix/az13/evening_cacti_tiny.jpg) |
A cactus sort of evening.
|
|
![](ben_pix/az13/javalina_tiny.jpg) |
Javalina
|
|
![](ben_pix/az13/three_caliente_tiny.jpg) |
On the east side of town.
|
|
![](ben_pix/az13/bear_tracks_tiny.jpg) |
Bears don't hibernate here.
|
|
![](ben_pix/az13/coral_beans_tiny.jpg) |
Still in the pod.
|
|
|
![](ben_pix/dv14/red_gravel_tiny.jpg) |
Follow the red gravel road...
|
|
![](ben_pix/dv14/red_corridor_tiny.jpg) |
...deep into the red...
|
|
![](ben_pix/dv14/red_ceiling_tiny.jpg) |
...in over our heads!
|
|
![](ben_pix/dv14/zabriskie_view_tiny.jpg) |
Heaven for the claustophobic
|
|
![](ben_pix/dv14/tarantula_14_tiny.jpg) |
Unfortunately, not alive
|
|
![](ben_pix/dv14/climbing_wildrose_tiny.jpg) |
Sucking oxygen on Wildrose
|
|
![](ben_pix/dv14/lepodendron_tiny.jpg) |
300 M year old lepidodendron bark
|
|
![](ben_pix/dv14/nemo_view_tiny.jpg) |
Above Nemo Canyon
|
|
![](ben_pix/dv14/five_spot_tiny.jpg) |
Favorite flower: Desert Five Spot
|
|
![](ben_pix/dv14/dusky_dunes_tiny.jpg) |
Hike's end
|
|
![](ben_pix/dv14/stretched_14_tiny.jpg) |
Very Stretched pebbles
|
|
![](ben_pix/dv14/wildrose_tree_tiny.jpg) |
Timeless view.
|
|
![](ben_pix/dv14/zabriskie_badlands_tiny.jpg) |
A bit of vertical relief?
|
|
![](ben_pix/dv14/artist_blue_tiny.jpg) |
Artist's Palette defeated us.
|
|
|
![](ben_pix/ut14/bacon_portrait_tiny.jpg) |
Bacon Rocks
|
|
![](ben_pix/ut14/angry_snake_tiny.jpg) |
Snake say "Keep back!"
|
|
![](ben_pix/ut14/castle_rock_portrait_tiny.jpg) |
Off the old cowboy route
|
|
![](ben_pix/ut14/bacon_blobs_tiny.jpg) |
Blobs at Bacon Flat
|
|
![](ben_pix/ut14/slickrock_bowl_tiny.jpg) |
Love those slickrock bowls
|
|
![](ben_pix/ut14/sunny_cliffs_tiny.jpg) |
Ominous sky
|
|
![](ben_pix/ut14/sheep_tiny.jpg) |
Bah, just taking it easy
|
|
![](ben_pix/ut14/angels_on_landing_tiny.jpg) |
Angels on the Landing
|
|
![](ben_pix/ut14/angels_approach_tiny.jpg) |
First we had to climb the spine
|
|
![](ben_pix/ut14/fractures_tiny.jpg) |
Fractures
|
|
![](ben_pix/ut14/on_the_edge_tiny.jpg) |
On the edge
|
|
![](ben_pix/ut14/martian_landscape_tiny.jpg) |
Relaxing on the Martian landscape
|
|
![](ben_pix/ut14/red_notch_tiny.jpg) |
We did find the red sandstone
|
|
![](ben_pix/ut14/ben_in_hole_tiny.jpg) |
Big civet in the hole!
|
|
![](ben_pix/ut14/ben_and_guys_tiny.jpg) |
Ben meets the V-boys in Snake Gulch
|
|
![](ben_pix/ut14/red_guys_tiny.jpg) |
Red zombies on the wall
|
|
![](ben_pix/ut14/wrong_peak_portrait_tiny.jpg) |
Wrong peak, great view
|
|
![](ben_pix/ut14/collared_tiny.jpg) |
A mighty jumper
|
|
![](ben_pix/ut14/slickrock_climber_tiny.jpg) |
Slickrock climber
|
|
![](ben_pix/ut14/jagged_rock_tiny.jpg) |
Sharp edges
|
|
![](ben_pix/ut14/rainy_rock_tiny.jpg) |
And then the rain came...
|
|
|
![](ben_pix/co14/colorado_pika_tiny.jpg) |
Making a move on Dad's hiking stick
|
|
![](ben_pix/co14/view_to_die_for_tiny.jpg) |
Even nicer without HAPE
|
|
![](ben_pix/co14/ben_marmot_tiny.jpg) |
That's close enough, marmot!
|
|
![](ben_pix/co14/shooting_star_tiny.jpg) |
We found what we were looking for
|
|
![](ben_pix/co14/mt_audobon_tiny.jpg) |
Breath-taking, literally!
|
|
![](ben_pix/co14/lake_dorothy_tiny.jpg) |
Cold waters before the storm
|
|
![](ben_pix/co14/arapahoe_pass_tiny.jpg) |
Arapahoe Pass
|
|
![](ben_pix/co14/ptarmigan_tiny.jpg) |
Must be another ptarmigan nearby.
|
|
![](ben_pix/co14/columbines_tiny.jpg) |
Another must-see flower
|
|
![](ben_pix/co14/elk_herd_tiny.jpg) |
Who elk is up here?
|
|
![](ben_pix/co14/tundra_duo_tiny.jpg) |
Cold and windy on the tundra
|
|
![](ben_pix/co14/pawnee_pass_tiny.jpg) |
Pawnee Pass
|
|
|
![](ben_pix/mt14/ramshorn_selfie_tiny.jpg) |
Looking for the Ramshorn sheep
|
|
![](ben_pix/mt14/sheep_tree_tiny.jpg) |
They're at the petrified stump
|
|
![](ben_pix/mt14/petrified_log_tiny.jpg) |
One for us too.
|
|
![](ben_pix/mt14/petrified_tiny.jpg) |
Petrified?
|
|
![](ben_pix/mt14/ramshorn_elk_tiny.jpg) |
Elk on the other side of the divide
|
|
![](ben_pix/mt14/flower_meadow_tiny.jpg) |
Big meadows at Windy Pass
|
|
![](ben_pix/mt14/paintbrush_tiny.jpg) |
Very red place
|
|
![](ben_pix/mt14/goat_tiny.jpg) |
Whose trail is this?
|
|
![](ben_pix/mt14/hardscrable_tiny.jpg) |
Tortured strata, happy hikers
|
|
![](ben_pix/mt14/bridgers_tiny.jpg) |
Bridgers from across the valley
|
|
![](ben_pix/mt14/big_yellow_flowers_tiny.jpg) |
A good flower year
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![](ben_pix/mt14/crazy_meadow_tiny.jpg) |
Crazy (Mountains) Meadow
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![](ben_pix/wa14/rainier_plummer_tiny.jpg) |
A Plummer'ing we will go!
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![](ben_pix/wa14/hoary_tiny.jpg) |
Hoary Marmot
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![](ben_pix/wa14/summit_lake_pika_tiny.jpg) |
Eeep!
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![](ben_pix/wa14/rainier_grand_tiny.jpg) |
Clearly it's Grand Park!
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![](ben_pix/wa14/nw_goats_tiny.jpg) |
Plenty of goats
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![](ben_pix/wa14/glacier_tiny.jpg) |
Glacial ice
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![](ben_pix/wa14/leopard_nudibranch_tiny.jpg) |
The elusive leopard nudibranch
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![](ben_pix/wa14/three_otters_tiny.jpg) |
Thrice the fun
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![](ben_pix/wa14/beach_portrait_2014_tiny.jpg) |
Beach selfie
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![](ben_pix/wa14/fogbow_tiny.jpg) |
Fogbow
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![](ben_pix/wa14/velella_tiny.jpg) |
Velella velella
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![](ben_pix/wa14/flowing_star_tiny.jpg) |
Too many arms to count
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![](ben_pix/az14/screech_owl_tiny.jpg) |
It is not time to wake up yet.
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![](ben_pix/az14/sun_and_snow_tiny.jpg) |
Weather changing for the better.
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![](ben_pix/az14/javalina_tiny.jpg) |
Run little piggy!
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![](ben_pix/az14/saguaro_view_tiny.jpg) |
Saguaro with a view
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![](ben_pix/az14/cactus_garden_tiny.jpg) |
In the cactus garden in the morning
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![](ben_pix/az14/desert_mushroom_tiny.jpg) |
Shaggy desert mushroom
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| Gold Butte 2015 |
![](ben_pix/dv15/bennett_tree_tiny.jpg) |
Bennett Peak
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![](ben_pix/dv15/dante_2015_tiny.jpg) |
No Ben.
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![](ben_pix/dv15/sidewinder_tiny.jpg) |
Necrophiliac sidewinder
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![](ben_pix/dv15/colville_ridge_tiny.jpg) |
Colville Ridge
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![](ben_pix/dv15/dv_spiney_tiny.jpg) |
Put me down now!
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![](ben_pix/dv15/scree_tiny.jpg) |
"Epic" scree climb
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![](ben_pix/dv15/H-guys_tiny.jpg) |
The "H" guys
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![](ben_pix/dv15/gold_butte_flowers_tiny.jpg) |
Gold Butte gold
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![](ben_pix/dv15/tortoise_tiny.jpg) |
Not in a hurry
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![](ben_pix/dv15/newspaper_rock_tiny.jpg) |
Newspaper Rock
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![](ben_pix/dv15/fin_face_tiny.jpg) |
Fin Face
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![](ben_pix/dv15/falling_man_tiny.jpg) |
Falling Man
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![](ben_pix/ut15/east_zion_classic_tiny.jpg) |
Never too much red slickrock.
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![](ben_pix/ut15/angry_snake_tiny.jpg) |
Ha ha made you jump!
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![](ben_pix/ut15/narrows_dark_tiny.jpg) |
Spooky in the Narrows
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![](ben_pix/ut15/narrows_strange_light_tiny.jpg) |
Stranger when lit up.
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![](ben_pix/ut15/white_bowl_tiny.jpg) |
White bowl
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![](ben_pix/ut15/red_gash_tiny.jpg) |
Red gash
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![](ben_pix/ut15/curvy_passage_tiny.jpg) |
Parunuweap blue
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![](ben_pix/ut15/straight_passage_tiny.jpg) |
Parunuweap red
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![](ben_pix/ut15/red_cliffs_tiny.jpg) |
Grand Staircase red cliffs
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![](ben_pix/ut15/white_cliffs_tiny.jpg) |
Grand Staircase white cliffs
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![](ben_pix/ut15/blanding_view_tiny.jpg) |
On the mesa top
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![](ben_pix/ut15/deer_springs_point_tiny.jpg) |
Molly's Nipple out there
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![](ben_pix/ut15/red_wall_trees_tiny.jpg) |
Red wall, green trees
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![](ben_pix/mt15/blackmore_portrait_tiny.jpg) |
High point of the trip
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![](ben_pix/mt15/eagle_magpies_tiny.jpg) |
Ben's bald eagle composition
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![](ben_pix/mt15/gallidaria_tiny.jpg) |
Flowery ridge
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![](ben_pix/mt15/vertical_portrait_tiny.jpg) |
Strata stand as stright as we do.
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![](ben_pix/mt15/marmot_view_tiny.jpg) |
Marmot with a view
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![](ben_pix/mt15/blackmore_tiny.jpg) |
Mt. Blackmore peaks
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![](ben_pix/mt15/snowy_peaks_portrait_tiny.jpg) |
Yesterday's snow behind us
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![](ben_pix/mt15/windy_ridge_tiny.jpg) |
Windy Ridge open sky
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![](ben_pix/mt15/windy_hump_tiny.jpg) |
Roller coaster trail
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![](ben_pix/mt15/beehive_basin_tiny.jpg) |
Busy trail but what scenery!
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![](ben_pix/mt15/tall_grass_tiny.jpg) |
There's a trail here somewhere...
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![](ben_pix/mt15/lush_trail_tiny.jpg) |
...Just like coming through there.
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![](ben_pix/wa15/plummer_portrait_tiny.jpg) |
Back to the Big Mountain
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![](ben_pix/wa15/eepster_tiny.jpg) |
EEP!
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![](ben_pix/wa15/adams_smoke_tiny.jpg) |
Where there's smoke...
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![](ben_pix/wa15/momma_marmot_tiny.jpg) |
Momma marmot (hoary)
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![](ben_pix/wa15/ben_tatoosh_tiny.jpg) |
Smokey high meadow
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![](ben_pix/wa15/three_on_moose_tiny.jpg) |
On top of the Olympics
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![](ben_pix/wa15/ben_bouy_tiny.jpg) |
We're not in Fukushima anymore
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![](ben_pix/wa15/two_otters_tiny.jpg) |
Independent fearless young siblings
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![](ben_pix/wa15/second_beach_arch_selfie_tiny.jpg) |
At the end of Second Beach
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![](ben_pix/wa15/dragon_back_tiny.jpg) |
Cross the Dragon's back
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![](ben_pix/wa15/ben_wedding_rocks_tiny.jpg) |
Wedding Rocks
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![](ben_pix/wa15/north_of_hole_15_tiny.jpg) |
Just another beach day in Washington
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![](ben_pix/az15/above_melendrez_pass_tiny.jpg) |
Melendrez Pass finally
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![](ben_pix/az15/basking_roadrunner_tiny.jpg) |
Sun on a cold morning
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![](ben_pix/az15/sea_of_grass_tiny.jpg) |
Sea of grass
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![](ben_pix/az15/mcleary_peak_tiny.jpg) |
McCleary Peak after many years
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![](ben_pix/az15/rock_world_tiny.jpg) |
Let's rock!
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![](ben_pix/az15/agua_caliente_slopes_tiny.jpg) |
Tough climb up here
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![](ben_pix/dv16/benwalla_tiny.jpg) |
Ben catches his lunch
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![](ben_pix/dv16/artistic_three_tiny.jpg) |
Quest for the Blue Mountain
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![](ben_pix/dv16/big_blue_tiny.jpg) |
Finally found a route!
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![](ben_pix/dv16/rams_head_tiny.jpg) |
Bah bah Ben sheep
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![](ben_pix/dv16/moon_flowers_tiny.jpg) |
Unexpected flower location
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![](ben_pix/dv16/three_at_bowl_tiny.jpg) |
Bowl of Fire
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![](ben_pix/dv16/yellow_flowers_tiny.jpg) |
Superbloom!
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![](ben_pix/dv16/laid_back_ben_tiny.jpg) |
Laid back hiker
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![](ben_pix/dv16/fossil_frobs_tiny.jpg) |
Fossils
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![](ben_pix/dv16/thimble_peak_tiny.jpg) |
Does it look like a thimble?
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![](ben_pix/dv16/four_above_ryan_tiny.jpg) |
The Gang of Four
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![](ben_pix/dv16/red_light_district_tiny.jpg) |
Red light district
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![](ben_pix/dv16/phacelia_tiny.jpg) |
Phacelia. Don't touch?
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![](ben_pix/dv16/gravel_ghost_tiny.jpg) |
Spooky gravel ghost
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![](ben_pix/ca16/sierra_selfie_tiny.jpg) |
Rediscovering the Sierra
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![](ben_pix/ca16/big_sur_beach_tiny.jpg) |
Big Sur
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![](ben_pix/ca16/ben_sequoia_tiny.jpg) |
Sure do grew 'em big around here!
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![](ben_pix/ca16/flowers_and_peaks_tiny.jpg) |
Lots to hike around here.
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![](ben_pix/ca16/snow_boy_tiny.jpg) |
And this was a dry winter.
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![](ben_pix/ca16/pissy_marmot_tiny.jpg) |
What's that marmot digging for?
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![](ben_pix/ca16/mono_lake_tiny.jpg) |
Mono Lake
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![](ben_pix/ca16/live_oak_tiny.jpg) |
Is this a "live" oak?
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![](ben_pix/ca16/cathedral_flowers_tiny.jpg) |
Cathedral Peak
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![](ben_pix/ca16/big_sur_otter_tiny.jpg) |
Why are you staring at me?
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![](ben_pix/ca16/half_dome_selfie_tiny.jpg) |
Where's the other half of the Dome?
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![](ben_pix/ca16/cathedral_and_lake_tiny.jpg) |
Room to roam out here.
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![](ben_pix/mt16/three_nr_daly_pass_tiny.jpg) |
Near Daly Pass
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![](ben_pix/mt16/stump_hand_tiny.jpg) |
Petrified stump
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![](ben_pix/mt16/bear_basin_tiny.jpg) |
No bears in Bear Basin
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![](ben_pix/mt16/three_someplace_tiny.jpg) |
Another day, another peak
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![](ben_pix/mt16/elk_mt_16_tiny.jpg) |
We saw elk in the same spot last year
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![](ben_pix/mt16/daly_mountains_tiny.jpg) |
Endless mountains
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![](ben_pix/mt16/contrasting_slopes_tiny.jpg) |
Contrasting rain shadows
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![](ben_pix/mt16/three_eaglehead_tiny.jpg) |
On Eaglehead Peak, but no eagle
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![](ben_pix/mt16/from_ramshorn_tiny.jpg) |
Favorite view, Ramshorn Peak
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![](ben_pix/mt16/three_bighorn_pk_tiny.jpg) |
Bighorn Peak, long hike
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![](ben_pix/mt16/daly_mountains_tiny.jpg) |
Yet more mountains in Mountana
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![](ben_pix/mt16/goats_mt_16_tiny.jpg) |
Mountain goats this time, not sheep
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![](ben_pix/wa16/chris_ben_rainier_2016_tiny.jpg) |
Posing with the Big Mountain
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![](ben_pix/wa16/old_snowy_tiny.jpg) |
Old Snowy, we got to the top.
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![](ben_pix/wa16/snowy_goat_rocks_tiny.jpg) |
On top of Old Snowy, plenty of snow.
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![](ben_pix/wa16/comet_falls_tiny.jpg) |
Comet Falls, seen from afar last year
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![](ben_pix/wa16/ben_corner_tiny.jpg) |
Hold on tight, Ben.
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![](ben_pix/wa16/distant_rainier_tiny.jpg) |
Far sighted view
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![](ben_pix/wa16/rainier_tatoosh_lake_tiny.jpg) |
August and there's still ice...
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![](ben_pix/wa16/ben_snowbank_tiny.jpg) |
...and snow.
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![](ben_pix/wa16/bistort_tiny.jpg) |
Bistort mountainside
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![](ben_pix/wa16/mt_gilbert_portrait_tiny.jpg) |
Mt Gilbert from a great viewpoint
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![](ben_pix/wa16/needle_rock_portrait_tiny.jpg) |
Having fun on a long beach walk
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![](ben_pix/wa16/needle_rock_2016_tiny.jpg) |
Always enjoy seeing the needle.
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![](ben_pix/az16/agua_caliente_slog_portrait_tiny.jpg) |
Still smiling after a long climb
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![](ben_pix/az16/prickly_rock_tiny.jpg) |
Distant Santa Ritas
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![](ben_pix/az16/evening_saguaros_tiny.jpg) |
Good night big cacti
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![](ben_pix/az16/santa_ritas_east_tiny.jpg) |
High grasslands
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![](ben_pix/az16/distant_storms_tiny.jpg) |
Unsettled but scenic
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![](ben_pix/az16/bridalveil_falls_tiny.jpg) |
Desert water is always a treat.
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| Gold Butte 2017 |
![](ben_pix/dv17/perry_four_tiny.jpg) |
Gang of Four on real Mt. Perry
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![](ben_pix/dv17/corkscrew_view_tiny.jpg) |
Corkscrew Peak
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![](ben_pix/dv17/brown_spiney_tiny.jpg) |
Brown Horned Toad likes brown rock...
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![](ben_pix/dv17/grey_spiney_tiny.jpg) |
... and grey likes grey (same species)
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![](ben_pix/dv17/three_with_sierra_tiny.jpg) |
Snowy Sierra
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![](ben_pix/dv17/pinyons_and_telescope_tiny.jpg) |
High country
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![](ben_pix/dv17/gb_uranium_ridge_tiny.jpg) |
Gold Butte views
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![](ben_pix/dv17/gb_globemallow_tiny.jpg) |
Globe Mallow
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![](ben_pix/dv17/gb_mica_peak_tiny.jpg) |
Rocky summit
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![](ben_pix/dv17/gb_princes_plume_tiny.jpg) |
Princes Plume
|
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![](ben_pix/dv17/gb_ranges_tiny.jpg) |
A few mountains
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![](ben_pix/dv17/gb_yellow_wash_tiny.jpg) |
A few flowers
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![](ben_pix/u17/u17_high_heel_tiny.jpg) |
High Heel Arch
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![](ben_pix/u17/u17_hepworth_tiny.jpg) |
Mt. Hepworth
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![](ben_pix/u17/u17_buckskin_tiny.jpg) |
Buckskin Gulch straightaway
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![](ben_pix/u17/u17_kolob_arch_tiny.jpg) |
Kolob Arch
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![](ben_pix/u17/u17_east_temple_tiny.jpg) |
East Temple shoulder, plan B
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![](ben_pix/u17/u17_paria_tiny.jpg) |
Paria Canyon
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![](ben_pix/u17/u17_east_zion_tiny.jpg) |
East Zion endless slickrock
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![](ben_pix/u17/u17_big_bowl_tiny.jpg) |
Slickrock going down
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![](ben_pix/u17/u17_red_slabs_tiny.jpg) |
Slickrock going up
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![](ben_pix/u17/u17_tight_squeeze_tiny.jpg) |
Tight squeeze
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![](ben_pix/u17/u17_paria_block_tiny.jpg) |
Fallen block in Paria canyon
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![](ben_pix/u17/u17_petro_panel_tiny.jpg) |
Wall of petroglyphs
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![](ben_pix/u17/u17_east_zion_morning_tiny.jpg) |
Up early!
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![](ben_pix/u17/u17_wirepass_tiny.jpg) |
Wirepass, if you can fit
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![](ben_pix/mt17/above_bear_basin_tiny.jpg) |
Bear Basin from the old trail
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![](ben_pix/mt17/after_hail_tiny.jpg) |
Ouch! Best experienced below treeline
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![](ben_pix/mt17/hyalite_peak_basin_tiny.jpg) |
Below Hyalite Peak
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![](ben_pix/mt17/ross_peak_tiny.jpg) |
Ross Peak, a bit gnarly
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![](ben_pix/mt17/montana_goats_tiny.jpg) |
Montana goats
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![](ben_pix/mt17/divide_peak_tiny.jpg) |
Divide Peak
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![](ben_pix/mt17/bridger_south_tiny.jpg) |
Looking south over the Bridger Range
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![](ben_pix/mt17/mt17_flowers_tiny.jpg) |
A good flower year.
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![](ben_pix/mt17/bridger_ridge_tiny.jpg) |
Bridger Range
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![](ben_pix/mt17/from_elephant_tiny.jpg) |
Elephant Mountain
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![](ben_pix/mt17/gallidaria_tiny.jpg) |
Gallidaria, a local favorite
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![](ben_pix/mt17/divide_basin_tiny.jpg) |
Basin below Divide Peak
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![](ben_pix/co17/chasm_lake_tiny.jpg) |
Crowded but classic Chasm Lake
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![](ben_pix/co17/co17_moose_tiny.jpg) |
I'm bigger than you!
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![](ben_pix/co17/mt_ida_tiny.jpg) |
Mount Ida
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![](ben_pix/co17/co17_pika_tiny.jpg) |
Wouldn't be Colorado without pikas
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![](ben_pix/co17/pawnee_peak_tiny.jpg) |
Pawnee Peak without thunderstorms
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![](ben_pix/co17/co17_monkshood_tiny.jpg) |
Elusive monkshood
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![](ben_pix/co17/co17_columbine_tiny.jpg) |
Essential Colorado
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![](ben_pix/co17/co17_mt_audobon_tiny.jpg) |
Mt. Audobon just before the storms
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![](ben_pix/co17/co17_ptarmigan_tiny.jpg) |
Seen only because it clucked.
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![](ben_pix/co17/north_arapahoe_tiny.jpg) |
Arapahoe 35 years after first attempt.
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![](ben_pix/co17/co17_elk_tiny.jpg) |
So what if we're in your trail?
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![](ben_pix/co17/co17_lake_dorothy_tiny.jpg) |
Lake Dorothy and Arapahoe Pass
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![](ben_pix/wa17/wa17_rainier_south_tiny.jpg) |
Back to the Big Mountain
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![](ben_pix/wa17/wa17_reflections_tiny.jpg) |
Calm water
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![](ben_pix/wa17/candy_stick_tiny.jpg) |
Candy Stick!
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![](ben_pix/wa17/wa17_adams_tiny.jpg) |
Little brother Adams
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![](ben_pix/wa17/humpback_tiny.jpg) |
Human scale
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![](ben_pix/wa17/eclipse_tiny.jpg) |
Ten minutes before totality
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![](ben_pix/wa17/wa17_above_hole_tiny.jpg) |
Osprey's view of the beach
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![](ben_pix/wa17/wa17_adams_pct_tiny.jpg) |
On the PCT
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![](ben_pix/wa17/wa17_needle_tiny.jpg) |
Eye of the needle
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![](ben_pix/wa17/birds_nest_tiny.jpg) |
Tiny Bird's Nest fungus
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![](ben_pix/wa17/wa17_mt_ives_tiny.jpg) |
As I was going to Mt. Ives...
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![](ben_pix/wa17/wa17_rainier_east_tiny.jpg) |
We thrashed up Goat Island Pk.
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![](ben_pix/maui17/haleakala_morning_tiny.jpg) |
Haleakala morning
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![](ben_pix/maui17/nenes_tiny.jpg) |
Nenes skipped the conference too
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![](ben_pix/maui17/silversword_tiny.jpg) |
Found here only
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![](ben_pix/maui17/pahoehoe_lava_tiny.jpg) |
"Ropey" lava
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![](ben_pix/maui17/haleakala_evening_tiny.jpg) |
End of a day hiking the crater
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![](ben_pix/maui17/island_view_tiny.jpg) |
Hawaii greens
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![](ben_pix/az17/az17_east_side_tiny.jpg) |
East side Santa Ritas
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![](ben_pix/az17/az17_coati_tiny.jpg) |
Ben's coati friend
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![](ben_pix/az17/az17_santa_ritas_tiny.jpg) |
Snow up on the crest
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![](ben_pix/az17/az17_crested_tiny.jpg) |
Always find the crested saguaros!
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![](ben_pix/az17/az17_douglas_tiny.jpg) |
Long hike to Douglas Spring
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![](ben_pix/az17/az17_sunset_tiny.jpg) |
Late return
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![](ben_pix/jt18/classic_ram_tiny.jpg) |
Classic ram!
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![](ben_pix/jt18/ryan_tiny.jpg) |
Three cold hikers
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![](ben_pix/jt18/pinto_tiny.jpg) |
Another Pinto.
|
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![](ben_pix/jt18/jt18_palms_tiny.jpg) |
Palm oasis
|
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![](ben_pix/jt18/skull_tiny.jpg) |
Skull Rock
|
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![](ben_pix/jt18/big_mine_tiny.jpg) |
Serious mine works
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Basin & Range 2018 |
![](ben_pix/dv18/dv18_greenwater_tiny.jpg) |
Greenwater Valley grass
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![](ben_pix/dv18/dv18_atlas_ben_tiny.jpg) |
Atlas
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![](ben_pix/dv18/dv18_whole_gang_tiny.jpg) |
The whole gang's here.
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![](ben_pix/dv18/dv18_brown_point_tiny.jpg) |
Brown Point
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![](ben_pix/dv18/dv18_venus_mercury_tiny.jpg) |
Venus and Mercury
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![](ben_pix/dv18/dv18_jubilee_pass_tiny.jpg) |
Jubilee Pass
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![](ben_pix/dv18/dv18_three_on_top_tiny.jpg) |
Summit family
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![](ben_pix/dv18/dv18_birdcage_primrose_tiny.jpg) |
Birdcage Evening Primrose
|
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![](ben_pix/dv18/dv18_gold_butte_color_tiny.jpg) |
Gold Butte color
|
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![](ben_pix/dv18/dv18_smoketree_tiny.jpg) |
What's that tree been smoking?
|
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![](ben_pix/dv18/dv18_fossil_tiny.jpg) |
Smiling fossil
|
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![](ben_pix/dv18/dv18_basin_range_tiny.jpg) |
Wide open Basin and Range
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![](ben_pix/mt18/mt18_above_cottonwood_tiny.jpg) |
Above Cottonwood Lake
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![](ben_pix/mt18/mt18_bitteroot_tiny.jpg) |
Bitteroot
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![](ben_pix/mt18/mt18_hyalite_tiny.jpg) |
Hyalite
|
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![](ben_pix/mt18/mt18_alpine_tiny.jpg) |
Alpine meadows in the Tobacco Roots
|
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![](ben_pix/mt18/mt18_bridger_ridge_tiny.jpg) |
Watch out for the thunderstorm!
|
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![](ben_pix/mt18/mt18_snakes_tiny.jpg) |
Snake love
|
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![](ben_pix/mt18/mt18_tobacco_root_ridge_tiny.jpg) |
Wild Tobacco Roots
|
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![](ben_pix/mt18/mt18_gravelly_tiny.jpg) |
Gravelly Range
|
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![](ben_pix/mt18/mt18_shootingstars_tiny.jpg) |
Always sought after
|
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![](ben_pix/mt18/mt18_hollowtop_tiny.jpg) |
Hollowtop, above the Tobacco Roots
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![](ben_pix/mt18/mt18_horse_tiny.jpg) |
No horses on Horse Mtn.
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![](ben_pix/mt18/mt18_goat_tiny.jpg) |
But goats nearby on Elkhorn
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![](ben_pix/ca18/ca18_conness_tiny.jpg) |
Mt. Conness
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![](ben_pix/ca18/ca18_kuna_crest_tiny.jpg) |
Kuna Crest from Mt. Gibbs
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![](ben_pix/ca18/ca18_tioga_gentian_tiny.jpg) |
Tioga Gentian
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![](ben_pix/ca18/ca18_giardisky_lake_tiny.jpg) |
Distant False White and friends
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![](ben_pix/ca18/ca18_tufa_tiny.jpg) |
Tufa towers, Mono Lake
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![](ben_pix/ca18/ca18_behind_saddlebag_tiny.jpg) |
Northern crest
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![](ben_pix/ca18/ca18_dana_plateau_tiny.jpg) |
Dana Plateau and Mt. Dana
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![](ben_pix/ca18/ca18_obsidian_tiny.jpg) |
Obsidian
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![](ben_pix/ca18/ca18_cathedral_tiny.jpg) |
Cathedral Peak, clear morning
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![](ben_pix/ca18/ca18_false_white_tiny.jpg) |
Approaching False White Pk.
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![](ben_pix/ca18/ca18_smokey_tenaya_tiny.jpg) |
Typical afternoon smoke
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![](ben_pix/ca18/ca18_saddlebag_conness_tiny.jpg) |
Saddlebag Lake and Mt. Conness
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![](ben_pix/wa18/wa18_hidden_beach_tiny.jpg) |
Hidden Beach
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![](ben_pix/wa18/wa18_sand_piont_selfie_tiny.jpg) |
Sand Point, On top of the bay
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![](ben_pix/wa18/wa18_octopus_tiny.jpg) |
In an octopus's garden
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![](ben_pix/wa18/wa18_rialto_tiny.jpg) |
Early morning Rialto Beach
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![](ben_pix/wa18/wa18_white_tiny.jpg) |
Tiny and delicate
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![](ben_pix/wa18/wa18_second_beach_tiny.jpg) |
First class light on 2nd beach
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![](ben_pix/wa18/wa18_paradise_tiny.jpg) |
Why they call it Paradise
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![](ben_pix/wa18/wa18_mcclure_tiny.jpg) |
Above McClure rock
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![](ben_pix/wa18/wa18_panhandle_tiny.jpg) |
Panhandle Gap
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![](ben_pix/wa18/wa18_mouse_tiny.jpg) |
Mouse on a Stick
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![](ben_pix/wa18/wa18_skyscraper_tiny.jpg) |
Skyscraper Mtn.
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![](ben_pix/wa18/wa18_tamanos_tiny.jpg) |
Mt. Tamanos reds, distant Mt. Adams
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![](ben_pix/az18/az18_distant_catalinas_tiny.jpg) |
Distant Rincons
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![](ben_pix/az18/az18_rocky_portrait_tiny.jpg) |
Close up Catalinas
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![](ben_pix/az18/az18_wrightson_tiny.jpg) |
Wrightson. Can I still get up there?
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![](ben_pix/az18/az18_wrightson_east_tiny.jpg) |
Yes!
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![](ben_pix/az18/az18_douglas_tiny.jpg) |
En route to Douglas Spring
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![](ben_pix/az18/az18_little_EH_tiny.jpg) |
Little Elephant Head, still a good view
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![](ben_pix/az18/az18_pusch_peak_tiny.jpg) |
Pusch Peak
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![](ben_pix/az18/az18_pusch_pig_tiny.jpg) |
Pusch Pig
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![](ben_pix/az18/az18_rock_man_tiny.jpg) |
Rock Man!
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![](ben_pix/az18/az18_cottonwoods_tiny.jpg) |
Cottonwood colors
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![](ben_pix/az18/az18_sunset_saguaros_tiny.jpg) |
Getting out a bit late.
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![](ben_pix/az18/az18_gibbons_tiny.jpg) |
Airy perch on Mt. Gibbons
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![](ben_pix/fl18/fl18_gator_tiny.jpg) |
I am the alligator...
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![](ben_pix/fl18/fl18_grassland_tiny.jpg) |
Florida is just flat
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![](ben_pix/fl18/fl18_cottonmouth_tiny.jpg) |
I prefer a rattle to that white flash.
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![](ben_pix/fl18/fl18_rays_tiny.jpg) |
Morning mist
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![](ben_pix/fl18/fl18_little_gators_tiny.jpg) |
Come swim and play with us!
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![](ben_pix/fl18/fl18_swamp_tiny.jpg) |
Flat Florida gets quite wet!
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![](ben_pix/dv19/dv19_little_corkscrew_tiny.jpg) |
Little Corkscrew Peak
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![](ben_pix/dv19/dv19_leopard_tiny.jpg) |
Go ahead, pick me up, make my day.
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![](ben_pix/dv19/dv19_keane_portrait_tiny.jpg) |
Above the valley
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![](ben_pix/dv19/dv19_borax_bm_tiny.jpg) |
Borax BM
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![](ben_pix/dv19/dv19_tramway_tiny.jpg) |
Keane tramway
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![](ben_pix/dv19/dv19_blue_mtn_tiny.jpg) |
Back to the Blue Mountain
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![](ben_pix/dv19/dv19_petrified_portrait_tiny.jpg) |
Petrified in Nevada
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![](ben_pix/dv19/dv19_snow_petros_tiny.jpg) |
Elusive petros in Snow Canyon
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![](ben_pix/dv19/dv19_pictograph_peak_tiny.jpg) |
Made it up Pictograph Peak!
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![](ben_pix/dv19/dv19_bacon_blobs_tiny.jpg) |
Bacon Blobs at Yant Flat
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![](ben_pix/dv19/dv19_white_slickrock_tiny.jpg) |
White slickrock on Red Mountain
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![](ben_pix/dv19/dv19_above_st_george_tiny.jpg) |
Above St. George
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![](ben_pix/mt19/mt19_campfire_lake_tiny.jpg) |
Still snowy at Campfire Lake
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![](ben_pix/mt19/mt19_two_moose_tiny.jpg) |
Twice the excitement
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![](ben_pix/mt19/mt19_saddle_pk_portrait_tiny.jpg) |
Saddle Peak
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![](ben_pix/mt19/mt19_great_grey_tiny.jpg) |
Great Grey Owl made my day
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![](ben_pix/mt19/mt19_horse_tiny.jpg) |
Horse Mtn. in the Tobacco Roots
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![](ben_pix/mt19/mt19_balsam_root_tiny.jpg) |
Arrow leaf balsam root
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![](ben_pix/mt19/mt19_bridgers_tiny.jpg) |
Bridger Range
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![](ben_pix/mt19/mt19_sphinx_tiny.jpg) |
Ascending the iconic Sphinx
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![](ben_pix/mt19/mt19_snowshoe_tiny.jpg) |
Snowshoe hare
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![](ben_pix/mt19/mt19_wilson_storm_tiny.jpg) |
Storm coming over Mt. Wilson
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![](ben_pix/mt19/mt19_blackmore_tiny.jpg) |
Mt. Blackmore
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![](ben_pix/mt19/mt19_hardscrabble_tiny.jpg) |
Hardscrabble Peak
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![](ben_pix/co19/co19_behind_pawnee_tiny.jpg) |
West of Pawnee Pass
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![](ben_pix/co19/co19_belford_selfie_tiny.jpg) |
Mt. Belford
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![](ben_pix/co19/co19_arctic_gentian_tiny.jpg) |
Arctic Gentian, flower of the tundra
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![](ben_pix/co19/co19_yale_selfie_tiny.jpg) |
Mt. Yale, first 14er
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![](ben_pix/co19/co19_paiute_tiny.jpg) |
From Paiute Peak
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![](ben_pix/co19/co19_above_pawnee_pass_tiny.jpg) |
Above Pawnee Pass
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![](ben_pix/co19/co19_quail_tiny.jpg) |
Quail Mtn.
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![](ben_pix/co19/co19_elbert_selfie_tiny.jpg) |
Mt. Elbert, 2nd highest after Whitney
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![](ben_pix/co19/co19_elbert_ne_tiny.jpg) |
Mt. Elbert
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![](ben_pix/co19/co19_belford_tiny.jpg) |
Mt. Belford, quiet 14er
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![](ben_pix/co19/co19_skyscraper_tiny.jpg) |
Rollins Pass from Skyscraper Res.
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![](ben_pix/co19/co19_ptarmigan_tiny.jpg) |
Wonder how many of these I don't see.
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![](ben_pix/co19/co19_to_shoshone_selfie_tiny.jpg) |
Near Mt. Shoshoni
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![](ben_pix/co19/co19_peak_13078_tiny.jpg) |
Solitude on a 13er (Pk. 13078)
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![](ben_pix/wa19/wa19_mt_angeles_tiny.jpg) |
Mt. Angeles. Been up there.
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![](ben_pix/wa19/wa19_first_tiny.jpg) |
In search of First Beach tidepools
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![](ben_pix/wa19/wa19_sand_point_tiny.jpg) |
Big beach north of Sand Point
|
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![](ben_pix/wa19/wa19_momma_otter_tiny.jpg) |
I'm not too big to beg, Momma!
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![](ben_pix/wa19/wa19_rialto_tiny.jpg) |
Clearing Rialto morning
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![](ben_pix/wa19/wa19_bloody_tooth_tiny.jpg) |
Bloody Tooth fungus, eew.
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![](ben_pix/wa19/wa19_beach_cave_tiny.jpg) |
End of Second Beach
|
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![](ben_pix/wa19/wa19_banshee_tiny.jpg) |
Ranier from Banshee Peak
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![](ben_pix/wa19/wa19_columnar_andesite_tiny.jpg) |
Columnar Andesite
|
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![](ben_pix/wa19/wa19_emerald_ridge_tiny.jpg) |
End of Emerald Ridge
|
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![](ben_pix/wa19/wa19_rainier_panhandle_tiny.jpg) |
Rainier from Panhandle Gap
|
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![](ben_pix/wa19/wa19_cowlitz_tiny.jpg) |
Cowlitz Chimneys
|
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![](ben_pix/wa19/wa19_rainier_bear_tiny.jpg) |
Go away, Bear!
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![](ben_pix/wa19/wa19_rainier_classic_tiny.jpg) |
Classic Rainier
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![](ben_pix/az19/az19_agua_tiny.jpg) |
Plenty of agua in the (Caliente) canyon
|
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![](ben_pix/az19/az19_ringtail_tiny.jpg) |
Surprise visitor on Safford summit!
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![](ben_pix/az19/az19_portrait_tiny.jpg) |
Good hiking day for all.
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![](ben_pix/az19/az19_sunset_tiny.jpg) |
End of a long scenic Santa Rita day
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![](ben_pix/az19/az19_highgrass_tiny.jpg) |
Grasslands
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![](ben_pix/az19/az19_pusch_tiny.jpg) |
View from Pusch Peak
|
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![](ben_pix/az19/az19_coati_tiny.jpg) |
The neighborhood coati
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![](ben_pix/az19/az19_saddleback_tiny.jpg) |
Way out on wild Saddleback Ridge
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![](ben_pix/az19/az19_blackett_tiny.jpg) |
But Paul and I went way beyond.
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![](ben_pix/az19/az19_bridalpool_tiny.jpg) |
Evening water and light
|
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![](ben_pix/az19/az19_grass_tiny.jpg) |
Grassy Santa Rita hills
|
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![](ben_pix/az19/az19_enzenberg_tiny.jpg) |
Remote Enzenberg Well
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|
|
2020 |
![](ben_pix/d20/d20_SaltRd_tiny.jpg) |
Old road west of Salt Creek
|
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![](ben_pix/d20/d20_four_tiny.jpg) |
The usual suspects
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![](ben_pix/d20/d20_ChlorideSouth_tiny.jpg) |
Chloride Cliff
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![](ben_pix/d20/d20_TStop_tiny.jpg) |
Prehistoric T stop signage
|
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![](ben_pix/d20/d20_BigBell_tiny.jpg) |
Big Bell Mine
|
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![](ben_pix/d20/d20_colorado_tiny.jpg) |
Colorado River
|
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![](ben_pix/d20/d20_ChloridePortrait_tiny.jpg) |
Ben escaped school for the photo op
|
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![](ben_pix/d20/d20_blackrock_tiny.jpg) |
Blackrock Well Petros
|
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![](ben_pix/d20/d20_niter_tiny.jpg) |
"Niter" Beds
|
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![](ben_pix/d20/d20_DNWRSunset_tiny.jpg) |
Sunset near Gass Peak
|
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![](ben_pix/d20/d20_crinoids_tiny.jpg) |
It's all fossils!
|
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![](ben_pix/d20/d20_chuck_tiny.jpg) |
Warm chuckwala
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|
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![](ben_pix/dv21/dv21_ColvilleNorth_tiny.jpg) |
North from Colville Ridge
|
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![](ben_pix/dv21/dv21_tetracoccus_tiny.jpg) |
Tetracoccus Ridge (after a rare plant)
|
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![](ben_pix/dv21/dv21_three_high_tiny.jpg) |
Three up high, trying to be cool
|
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![](ben_pix/dv21/dv21_crinoids_tiny.jpg) |
Crinoid reef?
|
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![](ben_pix/dv21/dv21_BaldNorth_tiny.jpg) |
North from Bald Mtn., no trail found
|
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![](ben_pix/dv21/dv21_collared_tiny.jpg) |
Collared Lizard
|
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![](ben_pix/dv21/dv21_gnarled_tiny.jpg) |
Gnarled old timer
|
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![](ben_pix/dv21/dv21_ColvilleSouth_tiny.jpg) |
Badwater from Colville Ridge
|
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![](ben_pix/dv21/dv21_snail_tiny.jpg) |
In Snail Fossil Canyon
|
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![](ben_pix/dv21/dv21_TitanThimble_tiny.jpg) |
Thimble Pk from Titanothere Pk.
|
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![](ben_pix/dv21/dv21_sheep_tiny.jpg) |
Titano-sheep
|
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![](ben_pix/dv21/dv21_TitanCorkscrew_tiny.jpg) |
Corkscrew Pk. from Titanothere Pk.
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|
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![](ben_pix/mt21/mt21_bear_basin_portrait_tiny.jpg) |
Above Bear Basin
|
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![](ben_pix/mt21/mt21_sheep_tiny.jpg) |
Bighorn sheep... on Bighorn Peak
|
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![](ben_pix/mt21/mt21_bighorn_tiny.jpg) |
Bighorn Peak, such a smokey trip
|
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![](ben_pix/mt21/mt21_bog_orchid_tiny.jpg) |
White Bog Orchid
|
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![](ben_pix/mt21/mt21_ross_peak_tiny.jpg) |
Ross Peak from across Ross Pass
|
|
![](ben_pix/mt21/mt21_bitterroot_tiny.jpg) |
Bitteroot flowers are hard to find
|
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![](ben_pix/mt21/mt21_hilgards_tiny.jpg) |
Wild Hilgard Peaks
|
|
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![](ben_pix/ca21/ca21_ritter_minarets_tiny.jpg) |
Ritter/Banner and the Minarets
|
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![](ben_pix/ca21/ca21_conness_lake_tiny.jpg) |
Glaciar and lake, Mt. Conness
|
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![](ben_pix/ca21/ca21_clouds_rest_tiny.jpg) |
Clouds Rest, Half Dome in haze
|
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![](ben_pix/ca21/ca21_dore_cliff_tiny.jpg) |
Beyond Dore Cliff
|
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![](ben_pix/ca21/ca21_budd_lake_tiny.jpg) |
Budd Lake and Echo Ridge
|
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![](ben_pix/ca21/ca21_dore_plateau_tiny.jpg) |
Plateau on Tioga Crest
|
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![](ben_pix/ca21/ca21_tioga_crest_tiny.jpg) |
Tioga Peak and Mt. Dana (both climbed)
|
|
![](ben_pix/ca21/ca21_cathedral_tiny.jpg) |
Ascending Cathedral Peak
|
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![](ben_pix/ca21/ca21_cathedral_portrait_tiny.jpg) |
High enough for non-climbers
|
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![](ben_pix/ca21/ca21_conness_north_tiny.jpg) |
Conness and North (climbed)
|
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![](ben_pix/ca21/ca21_passing_storm_tiny.jpg) |
Passing storm behind the Cockscomb
|
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![](ben_pix/ca21/ca21_lembert_portrait_tiny.jpg) |
Lembert Dome
|
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![](ben_pix/ca21/ca21_tuolumne_hoffman_tiny.jpg) |
Toulomne and Hoffman (both climbed)
|
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![](ben_pix/ca21/ca21_saddlebag_dore_tiny.jpg) |
Saddlebag Lake from North Peak
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|
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![](ben_pix/wa21/wa21_3rdBurroughs_tiny.jpg) |
Third Burroughs Mtn
|
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![](ben_pix/wa21/wa21_tatoosh_tiny.jpg) |
Tatoosh Range
|
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![](ben_pix/wa21/wa21_ararat_tiny.jpg) |
From Mt. Ararat (not Turkey)
|
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![](ben_pix/wa21/wa21_goat_tiny.jpg) |
Giving each other the eyeball
|
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![](ben_pix/wa21/wa21_adams_tiny.jpg) |
Distant Adams is also snowy
|
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![](ben_pix/wa21/wa21_VanTrump_tiny.jpg) |
That's VanTrump Park
|
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![](ben_pix/wa21/wa21_umtatum_tiny.jpg) |
Umtatum east in the rain shadow
|
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![](ben_pix/wa21/wa21_AboveSheep_tiny.jpg) |
Above Sheep Lake
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![](ben_pix/wa21/wa21_copper_tiny.jpg) |
On challenging Copper Mtn.
|
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![](ben_pix/wa21/wa21_TatooshAdams_tiny.jpg) |
Tatoosh and distant Adams
|
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![](ben_pix/wa21/wa21_owyhi_tiny.jpg) |
Owyhi Lakes, climbed Barrier on right
|
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![](ben_pix/wa21/wa21_pika_tiny.jpg) |
Eep! Pika parking lot attendant
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![](ben_pix/az21/AZT_Wrightson_tiny.jpg) |
Wrightson ridge from the east side
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![](ben_pix/az21/EastFromCastle_tiny.jpg) |
On Castle Dome
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![](ben_pix/az21/ElephantHead_tiny.jpg) |
Elephant Head and My Head
|
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![](ben_pix/az21/OcotilloView_tiny.jpg) |
Ocotillo with a view
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![](ben_pix/az21/PeteWrightson_tiny.jpg) |
Wrightson from Pete Mtn.
|
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![](ben_pix/az21/TheUsual_tiny.jpg) |
I always try to take this photo
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![](ben_pix/az21/CactiThimble_tiny.jpg) |
Thimble Peak back there.
|
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![](ben_pix/az21/FamilyGrasslands_tiny.jpg) |
In the grasslands again
|
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![](ben_pix/az21/Vultures_tiny.jpg) |
Vultures roost on the saquaros
|
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![](ben_pix/az21/FaganSouth_tiny.jpg) |
Mt. Fagan South, cleared on arrival
|
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![](ben_pix/az21/Crestate_tiny.jpg) |
Always fun to find a crestate cactus
|
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![](ben_pix/az21/Ventana_tiny.jpg) |
Ventana Canyon
|
|
|
SW Utah March 2022 |
![](ben_pix/dv22/dv22_progeny_tiny.jpg) |
Progeny, our first Zion peak
|
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![](ben_pix/dv22/dv22_east_zion1_tiny.jpg) |
East Zion slickrock land
|
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![](ben_pix/dv22/dv22_east_zion_portrait_tiny.jpg) |
Alone in East Zion
|
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![](ben_pix/dv22/dv22_east_zion2_tiny.jpg) |
Can you ever get too much East Zion?
|
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![](ben_pix/dv22/dv22_east_zion3_tiny.jpg) |
Guess not.
|
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![](ben_pix/dv22/dv22_smith_mesa_tiny.jpg) |
It's Utah, so the mesa is named Smith
|
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![](ben_pix/dv22/dv22_spiral_tiny.jpg) |
Round and round
|
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![](ben_pix/dv22/dv22_little_creek_tiny.jpg) |
Found the house, but no one was home
|
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![](ben_pix/dv22/dv22_penis_man_tiny.jpg) |
Well hung!
|
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![](ben_pix/dv22/dv22_yellow_man_tiny.jpg) |
The elusive Yellow Man
|
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![](ben_pix/dv22/dv22_keane_spring_tiny.jpg) |
Above Keane Spring, DV
|
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![](ben_pix/dv22/dv22_pothole_tiny.jpg) |
Picasso face, Pothole Canyon
|
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![](ben_pix/dv22/dv22_cottonwood_arch_tiny.jpg) |
Amazing Cottonwood Arch
|
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![](ben_pix/dv22/dv22_fossil_tiny.jpg) |
Walking over a fossil bed
|
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![](ben_pix/dv22/dv22_striped_portrait_tiny.jpg) |
On Striped Butte
|
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![](ben_pix/dv22/dv22_amargosa_view_tiny.jpg) |
Amargosa View
|
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![](ben_pix/dv22/dv22_ubehebe_colors_tiny.jpg) |
Ubehebe colors
|
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![](ben_pix/dv22/dv22_coffin_peak_tiny.jpg) |
Coffin Peak
|
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![](ben_pix/mt22/mt22_elephant_tiny.jpg) |
Elephant Peak
|
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![](ben_pix/mt22/mt22_saddle_tiny.jpg) |
Saddle Peak from Bridger Bowl
|
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![](ben_pix/mt22/mt22_calypso_tiny.jpg) |
Calypso Orchids
|
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![](ben_pix/mt22/mt22_sunlight_tiny.jpg) |
Sunlight Pass
|
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![](ben_pix/mt22/mt22_antelope_tiny.jpg) |
Cautious
|
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![](ben_pix/mt22/mt22_elkhorn_tiny.jpg) |
Elkhorn Ridge, noisy Sandhill Cranes
|
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![](ben_pix/mt22/mt22_red_tiny.jpg) |
Red Mountain, summit this time
|
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![](ben_pix/mt22/mt22_hilgards_tiny.jpg) |
Snowy Hilgards
|
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![](ben_pix/mt22/mt22_ramshorn_tiny.jpg) |
Distant Ramshorn Peak
|
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![](ben_pix/mt22/mt22_table_tiny.jpg) |
Table Mountain
|
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![](ben_pix/mt22/mt22_sphinx_tiny.jpg) |
Iconic Sphinx, watching all
|
|
![](ben_pix/mt22/mt22_fox_tiny.jpg) |
The quick brown fox
|
|
|
![](ben_pix/ca22/ca22_minarets_tiny.jpg) |
Minarets from Ediza Lake
|
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![](ben_pix/ca22/ca22_echo_peaks_tiny.jpg) |
Echo Peaks from Echo Ridge
|
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![](ben_pix/ca22/ca22_tuoltocathedral_tiny.jpg) |
Cathedral Pk from Tuolumne
|
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![](ben_pix/ca22/ca22_meadows_cathedral_tiny.jpg) |
Tuolomne Meadows toward Cathedral
|
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![](ben_pix/ca22/ca22_tenaya_tiny.jpg) |
On Tenaya Peak
|
|
![](ben_pix/ca22/ca22_young_sharpie_tiny.jpg) |
Young Sharpie. Or Coopers?
|
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![](ben_pix/ca22/ca22_tenaya_half_tiny.jpg) |
Clouds Rest, Half Dome, from Tenaya
|
|
![](ben_pix/ca22/ca22_burros_tiny.jpg) |
Three burros near Excelsior
|
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![](ben_pix/ca22/ca22_burro_tiny.jpg) |
Burro Lake, Lundy Canyon
|
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![](ben_pix/ca22/ca22_echo_to_mathes_tiny.jpg) |
Matthes Crest from Echo Ridge
|
|
![](ben_pix/ca22/ca22_tuol_north_tiny.jpg) |
Wild country north of Tuolomne Pk.
|
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![](ben_pix/ca22/ca22_tufa_tiny.jpg) |
Mono Lake Tufa
|
|
![](ben_pix/ca22/ca22_ritter_banner_tiny.jpg) |
Ritter and Banner, Shadow Lake
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Snow Lake from Mono Pass Pk
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Mono Pass Peak
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Cathedral Pk from Echo Ridge
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Ritter from Reversed Peak
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Matthes Crest from Tuolomne
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2022 |
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Calm
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Sand Point
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South end of Second Beach
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That is not a floating log.
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Tyler Peak, Olympics
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Where Kaya once played in ice caves
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Beyond Emerald Ridge
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Chutla, worked for this view
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Up toward Meany Crest
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Reflection Lake
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Above Indian Bar
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On Mt. Tamanos
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December 2022 |
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Table Mtn from Bigorn
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Up by Thimble Peak
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Above Sycamore Canyon
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Snowy sotol
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East side Santa Ritas
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Open window
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Rocky perch
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Warming up on a cold morn
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East side light
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Getting out late
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Melendrez Pass view
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Above Cardiac Gap
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Springs March 2023 |
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Near Jubilee Peak
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Long sought Greenwater Pictographs
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Habitation site
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Kaleidoscope Canyon
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"Little" Bridge
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Across Panamint Valley
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Real Palm Springs
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Great to find a desert tortoise
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Up in the Panamints
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Geoglyph
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Visitor in our room
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Whee! Very steep canyon
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On top of the world
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Greywall Canyon bridge
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North Bridger Peak
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So many flowers at Teepee Pass
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Rubber Boa
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Burned out in the Tobacco Roots
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Distant Hilgards, real wilderness
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The iconic Sphix
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Up in the Bridgers again.
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Arctic Gentian
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Sunlight Lake from Tabletop
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Mt. Blackmore
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Sacajawea from above Shaft Trail
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Crazy Montana wild flowers
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Near the top of Cathedral Peak
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What the deer ran from
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Above Elizabeth Lake
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Cobalt Parker Pass Lake
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False White was really white!
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Epic Cathedral Peak view
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Tioga Crest
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Ritter, just like the simulated view
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Kuna Crest pretty snowy this year
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Eichorn Pinnacle
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Sand Tufa on hurricane day
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Dore Cliffs
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Big country north of Dunderberg
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Gaylor Lakes basin
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September 2023 |
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Gopher Snake mimicing rattlesnake
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Rattlesnake being itself
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Chilling young sea lion
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Quite a raft of sea otters
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Above the rainbow
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Classic Hidden Beach view
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The Quilieute Needle
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Rainier summit above
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Little Tahoma across Emmons Glacier
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Familiar places from Mt. Ruth
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Pika and its hay stack
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Goat Lake and Rocks
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Sunrise before the big storm
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Goat Rocks from a lovely summit
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Above Linda Vista
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Baldy Saddle
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North of Sycamore Canyon
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Three amigos on Elephant Head
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Motero holes
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Little Elephant Head from namesake
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Elephant Head view
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Mt. Wrightson, range high point
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Classic Elephant Head
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Above Pima Canyon
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Mt. Wrightson view
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Molino Peak North
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Ocean beach evening
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Just step over the gator?
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Lush
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Wood Stork and epiphytes
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Calm skimmers
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Finally found the Florida Scrub Jay
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Utah March 2024 |
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Daylight Peak
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Back to the Panamint Dunes
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Amargosa Valley from Ryan BM
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Easy peak near Monarch Canyon
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No name, just rocks
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Greenwater Valley from Ryan BM
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"Dante" Panel
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Toward elusive Crawford Overlook
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Gooseberry Mesa
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Wire Mesa, rain coming
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Canaan Gap "Cookie Cutters"
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Grapevine Canyon, Nevada
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Campfire Lake
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100 elk in that herd
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Chestnut Mtn, Goose Cr. approach
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Mt. Thompson, Tobacco Roots
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Flowery view up top
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Tobacco Root peaks in smoke haze
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Crazy North Bridger strata
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Lovely basin near Divide Peak
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West side of Ross Peak
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Sentinel, one of our first MT peaks
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Red stratum "road"
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Small summit above Campfire Lake
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