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2007

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Flights: Monument Valley, El Paso, TX, Las Vegas, NV  Lone Pine, CA. and all over Arizona.

Major hikes: down and up the Grand Canyon, across the Grand Canyon, and up the highest Mountain in the lower 48 United States, Mount Whitney.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitney_Portal

Other hikes and trips:

Picacho PeakFlatiron / Siphon draw in the Superstition mountains, 50 miles east of Phoenix and Harquahala Mountain 100 miles west of Phoenix,  Pinal Mountain, south of Globe, Arizona. Back to the incredible scenery at Havasupai in Northwestern Arizona, Mount Wrightson south of Tucson, The Weatherford trail up Mount Humphreys in Flagstaff, AZ.  White Sands National Monument, Browns Peak 60 miles east of Phoenix.


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George, in deep thought.

Monument Valley, with friends from Arizona and California.

Monument view from the ground

Monument view from the ground

Monument view from the ground

Monument view from the air

Monument view from the air

The ear of the wind

The eye of the wind

Harquahala mountain, 100 miles west of Phoenix

Peace

Friendly lizard

Six Shooter Trail on Pinal Mountain 100 miles east of Phoenix in April

Havasu Falls

Havasu Falls

Havasu Falls

The top of Havasu Falls

Mooney Falls

Mooney Falls

The top of Mooney Falls

Going down to the base of Mooney Falls

Mooney Falls from downstream

Beaver Falls

Mount Wrightson, South of Tucson

Mount Wrightson, South of Tucson

O’Neil Butte, the Grand Canyon South Kaibab Trail

Further down the South Kaibab Trail Phantom Ranch is the green area. There are people on the trail ahead.

Here they are

Zoomed in

Another view, can you see the people?

Here they are

Zoomed in

To the bottom and now back up the Bright Angel Trail, looking back at the Devils corkscrew, the vertical climbing begins

Mount Humphreys from the Weatherford trail

Mount Humphreys from the Weatherford trail

Mount Whitney, 14500 feet Notice the two points to the left of the peak.

Here is what they look like from behind

Seven hours of hiking to the top.

View to the west

View from the top down to Lone Pine, CA

Part way back down, looking at the top, do you see the shack on the top?

Here it is

Zoomed in

Further down

Looking down at the 97 switchbacks part of the trail

Trailside meadow

Mirror Lake

Outpost Camp

Lone Pine Lake

Land of Enchantment Fly-in

White Sands National Monument

Looks like snow, but it was very warm

Browns Peak December 31 2007