Ted's Hiking World Edmaier's Secret
Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Utah

May 3, 2021

Well, I promised something special for today; let us see whether I can deliver it.

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The crew is waiting

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Off we go

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I have named this Pencil Arch

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Lacerock preview

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The famous Buckskin Gulch

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Destination dead ahead

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It begins

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I call it The Falcon

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Brain Rock Valley    ⇔

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Unlikely formations

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Resting already?  We've barely begun our exploration

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The heart of Brain Rock Valley

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The most fragile landscape anywhere?

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Paintbrush

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My favorite find of the day

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I really must get over there again    ⇔

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Farther up is The Ramp — a nifty access to the top of West Clark Bench    ⇔

And beyond that is a preview of tomorrow's venue:

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The Wave is right over there, in the center of the image    ⇔

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Starting back

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Taking the low road

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Plains Pricklypear

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Easy downhill from here

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Reprise

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Who came through here?

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Hairy False Goldenaster

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Tricky passage

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Happy birthday, Brenda

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Bastard Toadflax *
Snowball Sand Verbena

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One of the raucus rocks

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The whole gang of rock-ous rockers

And the nearest one has an arch in his back.

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Heading out

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The Pith Helmet

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First company of the day

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Lizard Head Rock

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Paul's Mystery Rock

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Nobody else saw this Wedding Ring Arch

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End of the line

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§: Well, on my third visit here I scored a bunch more new photographic material.

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I had noticed this phenomenon previously, but it is even more amazing now.  Note the little piece of broken brush lying on the lattice-work.  It has not budged in a year and a half!

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October 23, 2019 *
May 3, 2021

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