Pingora and Wolf's Head in a watercolor by Mark Vinsel. Curiously, this image seems backwards to me.

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Pingora and Wolf's Head in a watercolor by Mark Vinsel. Curiously, this image seems backwards to me.

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cirque view past jackass pass

Pingora across Lonesome Lake, Feb., 1980.

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George Bell

Jul 24, 2007

“Pingora and Wolf's Head in a watercolor by Mark Vinsel. Curiously, this image seems backwards to me.”

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