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  • Travelers in Peru's Cordillera Central stand atop one of the fortress walls at Kuelap, a stronghold of the pre-Incan Chachapoyan culture.
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  • Peruvian archaeologist Dr. Peter Lerche sits below a narrow entrance between the imposing fortress walls at Kuelap, a stronghold of the pre-Incan Chachapoyan culture.
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  • Peruvian archaeologist Dr. Peter Lerche examines a narrow entrance between the imposing fortress walls at Kuelap, a stronghold of the pre-Incan, Chachapoyan culture.
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  • Travelers in Peru's Cordillera Central walk below the imposing fortress walls at Kuelap, a stronghold of the pre-Incan Chachapoyan culture.
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  • A traveler in Peru's Cordillera Central approaches the imposing fortress walls at Kuelap, a stronghold of the pre-Incan Chachapoyan culture.
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  • A traveler in Peru's Cordillera Central approaches the imposing fortress walls at Kuelap, a stronghold of the pre-Incan Chachapoyan culture.
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  • A traveler in Peru's Cordillera Central approaches a narrow entrance between the imposing fortress walls at Kuelap, a stronghold of the pre-Incan Chachapoyan culture.
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  • A traveler in Peru's Cordillera Central passes a narrow entrance between the imposing fortress walls at Kuelap, a stronghold of the pre-Incan Chachapoyan culture.
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  • Peruvian archaeologist Dr. Peter Lerche examines ancient patterns he believes to symbolize eyes that are built into many walls at Kuelap, a stronghold of the pre-Incan Chachapoyan culture.
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  • Travelers in Peru's Cordillera Central stand below a narrow entrance between the imposing fortress walls at Kuelap, a stronghold of the pre-Incan Chachapoyan culture.
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  • Travelers explore below fortress walls at Kuelap, a stronghold of the pre-Incan Chachapoyan culture.
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  • A traveler stands by fortress walls at Kuelap, a pre-Inca stronghold.
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  • Stone walls of Chachapoyan fort at Cuelap pre-date the Inca.
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  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Stone walls surrounding snow-covered potato fields in Luza, Gokyo Valley, Khumbu region.
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  • Rock patterns, possibly symbolizing jaguar eyes, adorn a wall at Kuelap, a stronghold of the pre-Incan Chachapoyan culture that dominated northern Peru about 600 years ago.
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  • Rock patterns, possibly symbolizing jaguar eyes, adorn a wall at Kuelap, a stronghold of the pre-Incan Chachapoyan culture that dominated northern Peru about 600 years ago.
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  • Finely-crafted windows punctuate the log wall of an historic house relocated to the Malye Korely outdoor museum, in a taiga forest near the northern port of Arkhangel'sk.
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  • Finely-crafted windows punctuate the log wall of an historic house relocated to the Malye Korely outdoor museum, near the northern port of Arkhangel'sk.
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  • Intricate carvings and a window punctuate the log wall of an historic house relocated to the Malye Korely outdoor museum, near the northern port of Arkhangel'sk.
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  • Intricate shingles and a tiny window punctuate the wall of an historic house relocated to the Malye Korely outdoor museum, near the northern port of Arkhangel'sk.
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  • Handmade Indian necklaces hang on a wall in San Juan de Yanayacu village in Peru's Amazon Jungle.
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  • Stone wall at Chachapoyan fort at Cuelap pre-dates the Inca.
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  • Chilean men converse beside a wall mural near Pablo Naruda's house in Santiago, Chile.
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  • Travelers admire a reconstructed circular house at Kuelap, an ancient stronghold of the pre-Incan Chachapoyan culture that dominated northern Peru about 600 years ago.
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  • A traveler in Peru's Cordillera Central passes a reconstructed circular house at Kuelap, an ancient stronghold of the pre-Incan Chachapoyan culture.
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  • NEPAL, Himalaya. Firewood and barley dry on roof tops in Marpha, an ancient trading village on a salt trading route through the Kali Gandaki gorge between Annapurna & Dhaulagiri.
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  • Rebuilt structures of unclear usage dominate Choquequirao, an Inca royal ceremonial site set high on a remote ridge in Peru's rugged Cordillera Vilcabamba.
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  • The Inca royal ceremonial site, Choquequirao sits high on a remote ridge in Peru's rugged Cordillera Vilcabamba.  This is considered to be a sister center to Machu Picchu and was mapped and investigated by Hiram Bingam in 1909, two years before he found the latter.  It has recently been renovated by the Peruvian government and is becoming an adventure travel destination.
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  • A bromeliad grows in front of a reconstructed circular house at Kuelap, a stronghold of the pre-Incan Chachapoyan culture that dominated northern Peru about 600 years ago.
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  • A rock carving of a face adorns the cornerstone of a temple at Kuelap, a stronghold of the pre-Incan Chachapoyan culture in Peru's Cordillera Central.
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  • A reconstructed circular house at Kuelap, in northern Peru's Cordillera Central, hints at the lifestyle in this ancient stronghold of the pre-Incan Chachapoyan culture.
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  • The Sherpa potato farming village of Dingboche sits high in the Khumbu Valley of Nepal's Himalaya.  Mounts Kangtega and Thamserku tower in the background.
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  • Mysterious terraces and reconstructed buildings dominate Choquequirao, an Inca royal ceremonial site set high on a remote ridge in Peru's rugged Cordillera Vilcabamba.
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  • Mysterious terraces and reconstructed buildings dominate Choquequirao, an Inca royal ceremonial site set high on a remote ridge in Peru's rugged Cordillera Vilcabamba.
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  • Mysterious, reconstructed terraces, temples and other buildings dominate Choquequirao, an Inca royal ceremonial site set high on a remote ridge in Peru's rugged Cordillera Vilcabamba.
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  • Manang Valley, Nepal. Prayer flags hang outside a shrine among houses in Manang village.
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  • Marpha village, Kali Gandaki Valley, Nepal. 	Sheaves of graindrying on the roofs of houses.
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  • A bas relief in Port Stanley, in Britain's contested Falkland Islands, commemorates a battle of the Falklands (Malvinas) War.
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  • Residents of Iquitos, Peru, relax beside a small park above the Amazon River.
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  • A sign reading "This House is Not For Sale" shows resistance to change in a seaside neighborhood in Lima Peru.
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  • A cactus and flowers sprout from a garden outside a house in the Miraflores district of Lima, Peru.
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  • A steer skull and horns decorate the entrance to an adobe building at Ghost Ranch, near Abiquiu, New Mexico.
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  • A steer skull and horns decorate the entrance to an adobe building at Ghost Ranch, near Abiquiu, New Mexico.
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  • Visitors wander through ruins of Sacsayhuamán, an extensive Inca ruin near Cuzco, Peru, where one of their last great battles against Pizzaro and the Spanish conquistadors occurred.
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  • Visitors wander through ruins of Sacsayhuamán, an extensive Inca ruin near Cuzco, Peru, where one of their last great battles against Pizzaro and the Spanish conquistadors occurred.
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  • Huge, intricately hewn stone blocks at Sacsayhuamán, an massive Inca ruin near Cuzco, Peru, that was the site of one of their last decisive battles with Pizzaro and the Spanish conquistadors.
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  • A traveler walks by huge, intricately hewn stone blocks at Sacsayhuamán, an Inca ruin near Cuzco, Peru, that was the site of one of their last decisive battles with Pizzaro and the Spanish conquistadors.
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  • Huge, intricately carved stone blocks near Cuzco, Peru are all that remains of Sacsayhuaman, once a massive Inca temple  carved by the Inca.
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  • Adventure travelers hike along terraces at Choquequirao. an ancient Inca royal ceremonial site located high on a remote ridge in Peru's rugged Cordillera Vilcabamba.
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  • Mysterious terraces and reconstructed buildings dominate Choquequirao, an Inca royal ceremonial site set high on a remote ridge in Peru's rugged Cordillera Vilcabamba.
    PT 4015.jpg
  • The ancient Inca ceremonial site, Choquequirao sits high on a ridge in Peru's rugged Cordillera Vilcabamba.
    PT 3951.jpg
  • The Inca royal ceremonial site, Choquequirao sits high on a remote ridge in Peru's rugged Cordillera Vilcabamba.  This is considered to be a sister center to Machu Picchu and was mapped and investigated by Hiram Bingam in 1909, two years before he found the latter.  It has recently been renovated by the Peruvian government and is becoming an adventure travel destination.
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  • Entrance to huge Chachapoyan fort, predating Peru's Inca culture.
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  • Khumjung, a leading town of the Sherpa people in the Khumbu region of Nepal.
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  • Khunde & Khumjung (background), leading towns of the Sherpa people in Nepal's Khumbu region.  Mount Thamserku on left.  This photo was taken in 1979, before the explosion of mountaineering and trekking activity in the region.
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  • An ancient fort rises above Gyantse, Tibet.
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  • NEPAL, Himalaya. Firewood and barley dry on roof tops in Marpha, an ancient trading village on a salt trading route through the Kali Gandaki gorge between Annapurna & Dhaulagiri.
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Village east of Nyingchi, where stone walls surround potato fields and stones hold shingles onto roofs.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada, Mark Synnott (MR) free climbs on first pitch of upper wall, Great Sail Peak, an Arctic big wall rock climb.
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  • Expedition members exult after the first ascent of the north face of Great Sail Peak, an arctic big wall climb on Canada's Baffin Island.
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  • Alex Lowe solo climbs difficult Practice Wall (5.11), a rock climb in Hyalite Canyon, near Bozeman, Montana.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Greg Child & Mark Synnott endure extended rain in portaledge camp high on Great Sail Peak, an Arctic big wall rock climb.
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  • MOUNTAINEERING. Alex Lowe in portaledge camp high on overhanging granite wall on Great Sail Peak, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Mark Synnott belays as Alex Lowe leads extreme aid climbing high on Great Sail Peak, an Arctic, big wall rock climb above frozen lake in Stewart Valley. (MR)
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  • ANTARCTICA, Mount Vinson Expedition. Dr.Lis Densmore (MR) builds snow wall below continent's highest summit to protect camp from high polar winds. Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains.
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  • 3,000 feet above the ground on a huge, overhanging granite cliff - the northernmost big wall climb yet attempted at the time - mountaineer Greg Child pounds a piton into a thin crack that is the only route upwards.  He is lit by frigid midnight sun, north of the Arctic Circle, and progress was so slow that the team required nearly a month to complete the route.
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  • Tourists explore a cove at Damoy Point on Wiencke Island, Antarctica. In the far background are peaks of the Wall Range.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Mark Synnott & Greg Child (MR) endure rain & wind during descent from month-long, big wall rock climbing expedition on Great Sail Peak.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Alex Lowe (MR) reaches summit of Great Sail Peak after month-long big wall climb above Stewart Valley.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. A sleepy Mark Synnott belays a climber from inside his Portaledge, high on Great Sail Peak, an Arctic big wall climb.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Climbers on steep lower wall, Great Sail Peak (Stewart Valley)
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada.  Alex Lowe (MR) ascends rope above hanging camp on Great Sail Peak, on last day of month-long, Arctic big wall climb above frozen lake in Stewart Valley.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Alex Lowe aid climbs high on Great Sail Peak, an Arctic big wall rock climb above frozen lake in Stewart Valley.
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  • Tourists explore a cove at Damoy Point on Wiencke Island, Antarctica. In the far background are peaks of the Wall Range.
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  • Tourists explore a cove at Damoy Point on Wiencke Island, Antarctica. In the far background are peaks of the Wall Range.
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  • Tourists explore a cove at Damoy Point on Wiencke Island, Antarctica, a home to Gentoo Penguins. In the far background are peaks of the Wall Range.
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  • Tourists explore a cove at Damoy Point on Wiencke Island, Antarctica. In the far background are peaks of the Wall Range.
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  • Tibetan Buddhist religious icons, including prayer flags, a mani [prayer] wall and a sacred chorten frame Mounts Ama Dablam (R), Lhotse & Everest (far left, only very top showing.)
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  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Mt. Everest (8850m), behind massive Lhotse-Nuptse wall & S. Face of 8501m Lhotse (R), viewed from Tengboche monastery.
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  • HIMALAYA, NEPAL. Tibetan Buddhist mani stones, carved with prayers and placed in a wall beside a trail in Thame village, Khumbu region.
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  • A hiker overlooks peaks of the Continental Divide in Montana's Glacier National Park.  Immediately behind him is The Garden Wall and Logan Pass. He is standing on the slopes of Mount Gould, high above the Highline Trail.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Rock climbers's haul bags on Great Sail Peak after month-long big wall expedition. Stewart Valley & frozen lake bkg.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, NUNAVUT, CANADA. A rock climbing expedition prepares to lower huge haul bags that are used to drag food, water and equipment up a big wall climb.  This load was so heavy that the friction generated by a braking device almost melted the rope.
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  • MOUNTAINEERING. Alex Lowe & Greg Child sleep atop Great Sail peak after month-long big wall climb on north face of an arctic cliff.
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  • Expedition members exult after the first ascent of the north face of Great Sail Peak, an arctic big wall climb on Canada's Baffin Island.
    BI 6369.jpg
  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Mark Synnott (MR) free climbs below summit of Great Sail Peak, an Arctic big wall climb above Stewart Valley.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada.  Alex Lowe (MR) ascends rope above hanging camp on Great Sail Peak, on last day of month-long, Arctic big wall climb above frozen lake in Stewart Valley.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Alex Lowe aid climbs high on Great Sail Peak, an Arctic big wall rock climb above frozen lake in Stewart Valley.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Alex Lowe (MR) aid climbs high on Great Sail Peak, an Arctic big wall rock climb above frozen lake in Stewart Valley.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Alex Lowe (MR) monitors climbing progress on radio from Portaledge camp on Great Sail Peak, an Arctic big wall climb.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Jared Ogden (MR) wakes up in hanging Portaledge camp, halfway up Great Sail Peak, an Arctic big wall climb.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada, Mark Synnott views midnight sun from Portaledge camp, halfway up Great Sail Peak, an Arctic big wall climb above frozen lake in Stewart Valley.
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  • 3,000 feet above the ground on a huge, overhanging granite cliff - the northernmost big wall climb yet attempted at the time - mountaineer Greg Child pounds a piton into a thin crack that is the only route upwards.  He is lit by frigid midnight sun, north of the Arctic Circle, and progress was so slow that the team required nearly a month to complete the route.
    BI 5773.jpg
  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Greg Child (MR) makes awkward aid climbing moves during rain storm high on Great Sail Peak, an Arctic big wall climb above Stewart Valley.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Greg Child climbs into storm above Portaledge camp, halfway up Great Sail Peak, an Arctic big wall rock climb.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, NUNAVUT, CANADA. Jon Catto, Greg Child & Mark Synnott (MR) set up a hanging Portaledge camp, high on upper headwall of Great Sail Peak, a 4,000-vertical-foot, overhanging granite wall.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Mark Synnott, exhausted by hauling huge bags up Great Sail Peak, an Arctic big wall climb above Stewart Valley. Jared Ogden helps. (MR)
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Portaledge bivouac camp, during big wall rock climbing expedition on Great Sail Peak.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Big wall rock climbing camp half way up Great Sail Peak, a huge Arctic cliff above Stewart Valley.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Alex Lowe prepares to rappel, high on Great Sail Peak, an Arctic big wall climb above frozen lake in Stewart Valley.
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