Rock Climbing in Iowa, on the McKay home wall.

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Rose Falls, at low water. Los Padres National Forest.

Bryson & Wesley hangin' out in San Ysidro Canyon. (January 2013)

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Matthew Fienup

Jul 24, 2007

“Rock Climbing in Iowa, on the McKay home wall.”

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