sunset from the top of the feather buttress / warbonnet

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A break-down of the license plates by state in the Big Sandy Opening parking lot. Utah (32%), Colorado (25%), and Wyoming (14%) were the top three plates, with California (7%) and Idaho (7%) coming in next.

July 2014: Which county sheriff to call for overdue climb parties ... and 911 will eventually get one to the right folks as well. (Ignore the purple line.)

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Warbonnet.<br>
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Beauty.

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Modified from http://www.americansouthwest.net/wyoming/wind-river-range/big-sandy-map.html

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A break-down of the license plates by state in the Big Sandy Opening parking lot. Utah (32%), Colorado (25%), and Wyoming (14%) were the top three plates, with California (7%) and Idaho (7%) coming in next.

sunset from the top of the feather buttress / warbonnet

July 2014: Which county sheriff to call for overdue climb parties ... and 911 will eventually get one to the right folks as well. (Ignore the purple line.)

Watch Tower from our campsite. Summer '98.

The Watch Tower.<br>
Photo by Blitzo.

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Cirque of the Towers.<br>
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My pan from the top of Pingora

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