Lower Great Range and Balanced Rocks
with LaFarm Garden Students
July 2015
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Trailhead was full. so we parked 1.6 miles away
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onto trail
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descending
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to the river
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crossing quickly
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or cautiously
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reaching a waterfall
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climbing around it
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a rest
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slightly upriver
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onto Bennies brook
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a scramble looming
1353k
a rest with some view
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onto open rock
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the slide ahead
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views behind too
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rock fault
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attempt at a wet scramble
1585k
wisely picking another route
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carefully stepping
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between the slippery spots
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a scramble
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boulder seat
1554k
a traverse
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a climb
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more climbs
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and more
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a rest
1204k
with a view
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a scramble
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following a dike
750k
a smile
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last
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scramble
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to the top of the slide
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we find the ridge trail
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which brings it own scrambles
669k
selfie on Lower Wolf Jaw
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more
1487k
climbing
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and hiking
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to upper Wolf Jaw where we lunch
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a ladder
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to climb on the way to
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Armstrong
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where we pose
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soon enough resting on Gothics
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with its alpine vegetation
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mountain sandwort with a view
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mirror lens portraits
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we pose
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clouds loom
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last vantage from Gothics shoulder
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into a crevise
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with a view
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time to descend steeply
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sometimes
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with a
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cable handhold
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or a long
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staircase
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a snag on the slide
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graceful river crossing
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next day, to balanced rocks
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to the trailhead
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first view
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upward it goes
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resting
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last ascent
709k
gardenlike walk
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stone arch
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down the rabbit hole
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into the crevise
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under the rock roof
624k
Peter's
939k
turn
313k
resting
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selfie
424k
leap
430k
leap
564k
timer shot
788k
a step
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we descend
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and stop at crowded split rock falls
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to rest
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or perch
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and jump