Almost at the bolt up and right of my hand. Second time for this picture because I screwed up the names the first time.

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Almost at the bolt up and right of my hand. Second time for this picture because I screwed up the names the first time.

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Paul Rapping off of SW Corner near dusk.

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Chris Swope

Dec 16, 2004

“Almost at the bolt up and right of my hand. Second time for this picture because I screwed up the names the first time.”

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