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A Couple Of Spanish Crags – Part 2
A Couple Of Spanish Crags – Part 3
A Couple Of Spanish Crags – Part 4
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Dogon Villages Part 3
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l’Allumeur Du Reve Berbere
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Lopburi Part 3
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Our One Climb
A Failure
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Cat Ba Day 4
Cat Ba Day 5
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Fifty Classic Climbs Of North America
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Shirley & Haydar watching the drizzle at the base of The Bend in Tieton (April 2006).
