Guidebook author and crusher Marty Lewis starting up "Exit Stage Left" at the Big Tower area

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Guidebook author and crusher Marty Lewis starting up "Exit Stage Left" at the Big Tower area

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Looking north at The Gorge from Little Egypt

butterfly time in the gorge

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Mar 20, 2018

“Guidebook author and crusher Marty Lewis starting up "Exit Stage Left" at the Big Tower area”

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