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Ivy on the wire 1904-08.

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Eldo after a spring snow storm. March 27, 2009.<br>
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Photo: James Beissel. http://www.jamesbeissel.com

Josh going BIG.

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Nov 20, 2008

“Ivy on the wire 1904-08.”

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Photo: James Beissel. http://www.jamesbeissel.com

Ivy on the wire 1904-08.

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A shamelessly stolen picture of Ivy Baldwin crossing the high wire (1906?) - taken from http://9teen87spostcards.blogspot.com/2011_07_01_archive.html.<br>
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Back when the wire was up we would take a step or two out on the wire and get way more scared than we had been climbing up. The guy had balls!<br>
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