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February 5, 2003

We were eleven hours getting there and back—as I told Eric, I can't recall the last time I spent eleven continuous hours doing anything, except sleeping.

Low in the valley, our goal still distant: [1] [2] [3]
The weird campsite built by some guy who apparently was living there until the Forest Service came and chased him out: [1]
Instances of the seven or eight waterfalls we had to climb around going up the valley: [1] [2]
Higher in the valley: [1]
Eric tending to his ripped pants: [1]
Our first sight of Finger Rock from behind: [1]
On top of the Guardian, looking west to Finger Rock (a bit hard to make out against the farther peak of Prominent Point, but note the finger protrusion on the left and the pale green lichen): [1] [2] [3]
On top of the Guardian, looking east to Mt. Kimball: [1]
On top of the Guardian, looking south to the city: [1]

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