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Tag Archives: Mount Whitney
Encounters with Classic Western Films
I am walking amidst gigantic boulders shaped like elephants, camels, and whales. The imagination stretches to name each strangely shaped massif. Cold winds sweep up clouds of sand and I close my eyes, rushing to a protective gap between two … Continue reading
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