Joey
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This is the 2nd part of my trip report into the Moose Basin area of Grand Teton National Park. You can read the first part of it here: http://backcountrypost.com/threads/...alus-lake-doane-peak-ranger-peak-part-1.4269/
You can see my entire route here: http://caltopo.com/map?id=0C1G
![tetons overview.png tetons overview.png](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26781-c1f7e4eb749c74fbb242f113ee887315.jpg)
I pick things up on day 3. After climbing up Glacier Peak, and crossing through the lakes below, I started off towards the Talus Lake drainage.
![tetons day 32.png tetons day 32.png](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26782-bfdf7cb8e29390aaf70655898a5056e7.jpg)
Looking back at Glacier Peak and the upper lake as I head east:
![DSCN2227.JPG DSCN2227.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26783-7e8e85382e461ba27175625e35da25d8.jpg)
Looking out at Moose Basin and another unnamed lake:
![DSCN2224.JPG DSCN2224.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26784-5eea2a9690c5c65d70411dc1c0568d6c.jpg)
Looking up at Rolling Thunder Mountain: My route is to follow the snow along the base of the mountain going left:
![DSCN2226.JPG DSCN2226.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26785-a105b66980ea943deb0d8bf43b20d35e.jpg)
Lots of snowfields to cross:
![DSCN2230.JPG DSCN2230.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26787-6bcd0a56a12d13a5bc53bc044198e412.jpg)
Looking back at where I was hiking from:
![DSCN2233.JPG DSCN2233.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26788-a000439e1c928ad4920d8557b1ad42e1.jpg)
There was one section that was a little steep, otherwise it was fairly easy walking:
![DSCN2239.JPG DSCN2239.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26790-b02b0fbe779a399d31cacb8c2ee22559.jpg)
![DSCN2241.JPG DSCN2241.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26791-7c03eca62111375eb7c0985a5a58b96d.jpg)
Soon I had my first view into the Talus Lake drainage. It's correct name is the North Fork of Snowshoe Canyon:
![DSCN2249.JPG DSCN2249.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26793-b285cfeb75f004b77ba5c4e92d5d459d.jpg)
I glissaded down to the lakes:
![DSCN2257.JPG DSCN2257.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26795-1af3f53a2e30a4de825c350b02a81cf0.jpg)
![DSCN2261.JPG DSCN2261.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26796-b768ffab7e6256411c938f5e9c5d46c5.jpg)
In this next picture, you can see a rocky nob or hill rising up center of the picture. I set up my tent on top of that:
![DSCN2262.JPG DSCN2262.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26797-97ef1dfd448f5367d1ca0a22ba9c0e04.jpg)
Looking back up where I came from:
![DSCN2266.JPG DSCN2266.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26798-97f1afcf64aca318d5fb55497fc51d96.jpg)
I had my first view of Talus Lake. The view is better from the base of it. Here you can see the route I'm heading the next day. I will go up to the saddle from the base of the lake, and then make my way up and around to Doane Peak, which is barely rising above the mountains to the right:
![DSCN2264.JPG DSCN2264.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26799-f84e8b4f52858121e225d571029a8386.jpg)
There are several lakes in this area. Here is a view looking down on one below/behind where I camped:
![DSCN2272.JPG DSCN2272.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26800-10c916708d287eaf4509d476fff87bac.jpg)
![DSCN2273.JPG DSCN2273.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26802-ce3acd456bc5e7d715d316e641c1dece.jpg)
![DSCN2276.JPG DSCN2276.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26801-970c7aa0a1479e8f41ee65038c1afd6c.jpg)
Day 4 route:
![Ranger Peak.png Ranger Peak.png](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26804-5be54b4a0b01efa1ebd7483309ab20bc.jpg)
Some views of my tent at camp:
![DSCN2294.JPG DSCN2294.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26808-6448f463dd9469926a950546210dd152.jpg)
Some more of the lakes around camp:
![DSCN2298.JPG DSCN2298.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26811-7103e927075b7b9a9a284fd9344dc444.jpg)
![DSCN2307.JPG DSCN2307.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26812-a76f8b567a90f51c382fcfcb9e0cf3f5.jpg)
![DSCN2316.JPG DSCN2316.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26813-99e358cec52727d5b8f56dc199021fb0.jpg)
This is looking down Snowshoe Canyon, and out at Jackson Lake:
![DSCN2325.JPG DSCN2325.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26814-3d2b68ab17ceb882dd68cdc3d81ecc48.jpg)
I made my way down to Talus Lake:![DSCN2331.JPG DSCN2331.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26815-3a0271e2062e383b0f7c959a51513214.jpg)
![DSCN2328.JPG DSCN2328.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26816-f8437392923d3318208a7258480e5ea0.jpg)
![DSCN2338.JPG DSCN2338.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26818-0a045f7c2ff6611756a6a304cfc2c02e.jpg)
![DSCN2347.JPG DSCN2347.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26817-6734a01c91fbd5055caa67143895e8df.jpg)
I climbed up to a pass, where I had great views of Moose Basin again:
![DSCN2370.JPG DSCN2370.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26821-42bd081ae12913b88b234340ab08c692.jpg)
One last look down Snowshoe Canyon:
![DSCN2362.JPG DSCN2362.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26822-f01442d5c84953ade80d979ac4284ba5.jpg)
I worked my way along the open slopes towards Doane Lake:
![DSCN2366.JPG DSCN2366.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26823-bc781e1e78229fba34852ea3e7523966.jpg)
Doane Lake is pretty:
![DSCN2375.JPG DSCN2375.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26827-a3ed97e1a63579911016f640580a8b4c.jpg)
![DSCN2384.JPG DSCN2384.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26826-2802c80773d3fd7cd51f7631218b8d99.jpg)
I have no idea if the lake is actually called Doane Lake. I just named it that because Doane Peak rises above it. In this picture you can see my route up Doane Peak, I just followed the steep ridge on the left side up:
![DSCN2379.JPG DSCN2379.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26828-0d496223a1fc30aa90f95b50e193bbaa.jpg)
Of course, getting around Doane on the south side was a little tricky. Steep snow slopes right into the water:
![DSCN2385.JPG DSCN2385.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26829-7859a9ce122322f0c082016c04636ba5.jpg)
Looking up at Doane:
![DSCN2388.JPG DSCN2388.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26830-cf438b0e6da72e140158653762bbf5ac.jpg)
Here is where I started climbing the ridge up:
![DSCN2395.JPG DSCN2395.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26831-f03e23cadc7a178920314c6bc122bf18.jpg)
It was a steep scramble up to the top. Before I got there, I reached this long ridge that runs north. I 'm heading this way next. Ranger Peak is the tall point to the right. I'll be going up that one in a little bit:
![DSCN2400.JPG DSCN2400.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26832-d0ccfe3608f1929a3e0404c332eb3dcf.jpg)
But first I had to get to the top of Doane Peak. When I did, the views were pretty cool:
![DSCN2402.JPG DSCN2402.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26834-53e40febefa8fd5303003c5405ad0d4b.jpg)
This is looking down on Doane Lake, where I just came up from. Glacier Peak is the far mountain to the left hand side:![DSCN2413.JPG DSCN2413.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26849-b28cc87469bd3d6eabafa28cc03abf55.jpg)
This is a fuzzy picture, but that is Jackson Lake, with the Teton Wilderness in the background:![DSCN2437.JPG DSCN2437.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26851-06f81a03ae7a1e5008ebfbe270fbdb3c.jpg)
This is looking north towards Ranger Peak. Waterfalls Canyon is below it:
![DSCN2438.JPG DSCN2438.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26852-b16525f310f4d1c5c4be9c93b16a41e2.jpg)
Looking south east along the ridgeline towards Eagles Rest Peak. I would like to go back and walk out there some day:
![DSCN2410.JPG DSCN2410.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26853-d6933130dc5b72af09ac200a117bffe0.jpg)
Looking south towards Mt Moran:![DSCN2432.JPG DSCN2432.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26856-5508a1f28a3ad58e28e900e94cbaac06.jpg)
Looking south west at some of what I had just traversed:![DSCN2409.JPG DSCN2409.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26855-61b775bb84eba0b080182eec4ebe848f.jpg)
Next I started following the ridge north towards Ranger Peak. Here is a view looking down at the big lake in Waterfalls Canyon:
![DSCN2452.JPG DSCN2452.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26857-79b85ee22693c74644d985e642253d47.jpg)
![DSCN2460.JPG DSCN2460.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26858-2cd7f3e4c36ed354166cca122347d121.jpg)
Next I dropped down into the basin. I'm heading up the snow to the right, towards the saddle. I'll scramble up Ranger Peak (out of the picture to the right) from there:
![DSCN2468.JPG DSCN2468.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26859-d251df4579ad628469d9d4022d58a5b5.jpg)
The snow made it easy going down:
![DSCN2476.JPG DSCN2476.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26862-9aeddade72d5f0bd2571136af05f57e7.jpg)
One more view looking down Waterfalls Canyon. Jackson Lake in the background:
![DSCN2483.JPG DSCN2483.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26863-ab681bdaf460ce52d8f0c40633a4a836.jpg)
I stumbled past another beautiful lake up high:
![DSCN2495.JPG DSCN2495.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26866-8fd0be5c8f739951ce0a251fdb2ab75d.jpg)
Looking back where I just came from. Doane Peak is in the center of the picture:
![DSCN2503.JPG DSCN2503.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26870-bb7c57f9256de869fb51bab02551085c.jpg)
![DSCN2505.JPG DSCN2505.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26871-aa3e45294324e3e15cc0e6c0c9471ee1.jpg)
Just about to the top of the peak:
![DSCN2506.JPG DSCN2506.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26872-7dd0c5314587a86290827c995bc0c8b1.jpg)
At the top of Ranger Peak, looking south:
![DSCN2516.JPG DSCN2516.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26874-4ee2abbc726d7708faa57b841020dbf3.jpg)
Looking out at Jackson Lake:
![DSCN2523.JPG DSCN2523.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26877-afda1076363553cbda1bc47bd6e60690.jpg)
![DSCN2509.JPG DSCN2509.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26878-fd8bbca701ad686f71370e24cfca9c4e.jpg)
Looking due north:
![DSCN2508.JPG DSCN2508.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26882-89cf5afd2a111f5f487f9e2102fbd013.jpg)
Me at the top, with Moran and the Grand above my head:
![DSCN2533.JPG DSCN2533.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26884-033b472a9fd96707bf307011776505f5.jpg)
One last look at Doane Peak and the basin I just came from:
![DSCN2542.JPG DSCN2542.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26885-6a30b902578fec9c403aef2ebca84d0a.jpg)
Looking down on Coulter Canyon:
![DSCN2547.JPG DSCN2547.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26886-c2789fefc0c49cdd361c0acb5d168779.jpg)
Next up I'm heading over to this ridge:
![DSCN2546.JPG DSCN2546.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26887-9195488f435831029f2a0a344182bfbe.jpg)
I dropped back down to the saddle, and headed over to the ridge that separates Moose Basin from Coulter Canyon. These pictures are looking back up at Ranger Peak:
![DSCN2568.JPG DSCN2568.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26889-90ff896a2698bf539a53990bb5584439.jpg)
![DSCN2576.JPG DSCN2576.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26891-864b2acb2bf0859069ca9e8939868dca.jpg)
Heading towards this ridge:
![DSCN2565.JPG DSCN2565.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26890-2539b676b60be11bcddab5762507b1a7.jpg)
Looking down Coulter Canyon:
![DSCN2574.JPG DSCN2574.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26892-b6a1581332772b70e5c53775c270da33.jpg)
The ridge line between Coulter Canyon and Moose Basin is a spectacular walk. My pictures won't do it justice. But the views in all directions are phenomenal. I walked it north. Not very many people ever get up here:
![DSCN2581.JPG DSCN2581.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26896-2d521efdb39f554b191608f528a8ce5d.jpg)
Looking back where I am coming from:
![DSCN2593.JPG DSCN2593.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26898-78f8d55eafab3b8e87ac7855cd2cf839.jpg)
Looking across Moose Basin towards Glacier Peak:
![DSCN2584.JPG DSCN2584.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26899-bd4a94f0437ecf3af1c46a8a980377f8.jpg)
More views of the ridge:
![DSCN2598.JPG DSCN2598.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26904-5ed3fbc3f823783a0c049340a20933aa.jpg)
Looking down on another fork of Coulter Canyon, and an un named lake. Jackson Lake and the Teton Wilderness in the background:
![DSCN2589.JPG DSCN2589.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26905-6e2f097482431ea86108154c9317069d.jpg)
Towards the end of the ridge. This canyon drains into Webb Canyon:
![DSCN2599.JPG DSCN2599.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26906-9d20b0cc10531c9b189a12205543fe9a.jpg)
Looking out at Moose Basin, as the evening winds down:
![DSCN2595.JPG DSCN2595.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26907-1913b9d165387d2c9609a48a9c13b28c.jpg)
It was time to start dropping down into Moose Basin. Looking down at my route:
![DSCN2600.JPG DSCN2600.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26908-042854b28787505dfa6db91b299afbeb.jpg)
It was getting dark, and I needed to find a campsite. It was steeper than I realized. No camping here:
![DSCN2601.JPG DSCN2601.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26909-c02f287063c76a816ea5cd0022f64059.jpg)
![DSCN2603.JPG DSCN2603.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26910-04e683d7f06c1a6d59aef58152ae23aa.jpg)
Now here is where the story gets interesting. I had hiked late into the evening. In need of a campsite, the terrain was too steep to camp. So I kept dropping and dropping. And it was getting darker and darker. I didn't want to hike in the dark, so I rushed down the hill side, somewhat out of control. While walking above a ravine, I fell straight down about 50 feet, completely out of control of my body. I stopped just before hitting the small creek running in the ravine. I was pretty lucky to not get seriously hurt. Most of my backside was bruised, and quite a bit of skin was torn of my back legs and butt. Blood was running down my legs.
I headed down the ravine, bush whacking down the creek. The terrain finally started opening up just as it got dark. But the woods were thick with trees and underbrush, and on top of that there was a bunch of downfall. It was hard to move, much less hike. I could here Moose Creek close by, which runs down Webb Canyon. There is a trail on the other side of the creek. I put my headlamp on, started crawling over trees, and eventually made my way to the river. I ate a quick dinner in the dark, and then set off to find a place to pitch my tent.
I knew this was thick bear country, so I didn't really want to be right next to the creek. It was running pretty loud. I also wasn't too trusting of the trees, since there were snags everywhere. I spent about 30 minutes looking for a flat spot I felt comfortable with. I finally found a spot, and took one last look around to make sure it was okay.
As I was scanning the area with my headlamp, I noticed a bright light reflecting back at me maybe 40 feet away. It took me a second to realize this. Confused, I shined my light back on it. My first thought was that someone else was out here with a headlamp on. No, that wasn't possible. I wasn't even on trail. I knew it was an animal. I shouted out "go on now". The animal swiveled it's head. Not only was there now a "set" of eyes, but also the outline of a large grizzly bear. He had been sitting there watching me. Then he stood up on all fours.
I know it was a grizzly because of the shape of it's head, the shape of its body, and because of the sounds it made. His head was huge. He immediately beginning huffing when I shouted out. He started to circle around me, staying about 40 feet away. He continued huffing as he moved, breaking large branches. I was talking loudly, and already had my bear spray out. It was hard to follow him because of the thick downfall. He never charged. He just kept walking around me.
So time to set up camp. Sike! What do you do in this situation. I wasn't sure. There weren't any good trees to climb, but there where 2 close enough together that I could maybe get up. So I shimmied up between these trees about 15 feet to a few branches that I could hold on to. Now, the bear could have reached me if he wanted to. But at least from this angle I could see him coming, and spray him. I would not have been able to see him coming until he was on me from down in the brush.
The bear continued to huff his way around. He wasn't being quiet, I don't think he was happy I was there. I figure he was most likely surprised to see me there. I wonder how long he had been watching me to begin with. I caught a few more glimpses of him over the next few minutes. I continued to hear him for about an hour.
Meanwhile, tree life wasn't comfortable. I was holding onto branches to stay up in the tree. There was no sitting comfortably. I would take turns changing my position and hand holds. Eventually the adrenaline started wearing off, and I remembered that my legs were still dripping with blood and in pain. And then it got chilly. I remember looking up into the sky at the stars while in the tree. I could still hear the bear moving around. I though about all the people I knew, and wondered what they were doing. I pictured them all comfortably in their beds. I doubt any of them remember that night. I, however, will never forget mine.
I have to say that In that moment I felt truly alive. It was the most alive I've ever felt. I wasn't nervous, or in fear for my life. I remember laughing a little, and thinking to myself, this is living. This is adventure.
After a few hours, I was too tired to hold onto the tree branches anymore. I shimmied back down, and set my tent up in thick downfall. I hadn't heard the bear in a while. Somehow, I slept really good.
My tent the next morning:
![DSCN2604.JPG DSCN2604.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26912-a6c2b893a26b655d90d4f4927e184ac1.jpg)
The tree's I shimmied up. I guess its more like one tree with a split:
![DSCN2609.JPG DSCN2609.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26914-26c0897061e35679408b5cd5b7284387.jpg)
Day 5's route:
![tetons day 51.png tetons day 51.png](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26915-7a2de3c8d46d6dc051a285b46a0e2c34.jpg)
![tetons day 52.png tetons day 52.png](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26916-28fc6113d95afbe3dc0392923170acd5.jpg)
I could barely walk in the morning. I set off to ford Moose Creek, which was running swift. I had trouble crossing it. Eventually I found a log to walk across, and was able to find the trail on the other side:
![DSCN2610.JPG DSCN2610.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26917-388aadff32ec0ee17e10153a4cdd873d.jpg)
![DSCN2616.JPG DSCN2616.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26921-a0a86dcfe29f4eb54e55de399e91da60.jpg)
![DSCN2616.JPG DSCN2616.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26921-a0a86dcfe29f4eb54e55de399e91da60.jpg)
It's a long hike down Webb Canyon. Mostly wooded, several small waterfalls, and some fire burn:
![DSCN2615.JPG DSCN2615.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26920-5546ee8ca7d6e4429e8c370e9515731c.jpg)
![DSCN2631.JPG DSCN2631.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26927-e7cc867cdbe2b7f27802b1ab3789b898.jpg)
The patrol cabin by Jackson Lake:![DSCN2632.JPG DSCN2632.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26928-69b5aad3b12f25b8517fd428cd2df8ce.jpg)
I finished up the last few miles through the meadows:
![DSCN2637.JPG DSCN2637.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26932-10ee8ae80aeaf6ee3eda6b51b7805d32.jpg)
The end.
Featured image for home page:
![slide.jpg slide.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26934-b6d5f5a9f272b9dcb88848bcc3c068d2.jpg)
You can see my entire route here: http://caltopo.com/map?id=0C1G
![tetons overview.png tetons overview.png](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26781-c1f7e4eb749c74fbb242f113ee887315.jpg)
I pick things up on day 3. After climbing up Glacier Peak, and crossing through the lakes below, I started off towards the Talus Lake drainage.
![tetons day 32.png tetons day 32.png](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26782-bfdf7cb8e29390aaf70655898a5056e7.jpg)
Looking back at Glacier Peak and the upper lake as I head east:
![DSCN2227.JPG DSCN2227.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26783-7e8e85382e461ba27175625e35da25d8.jpg)
Looking out at Moose Basin and another unnamed lake:
![DSCN2224.JPG DSCN2224.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26784-5eea2a9690c5c65d70411dc1c0568d6c.jpg)
Looking up at Rolling Thunder Mountain: My route is to follow the snow along the base of the mountain going left:
![DSCN2226.JPG DSCN2226.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26785-a105b66980ea943deb0d8bf43b20d35e.jpg)
Lots of snowfields to cross:
![DSCN2228.JPG DSCN2228.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26786-31dad153e325c9b1982f0193c11571ab.jpg)
![DSCN2230.JPG DSCN2230.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26787-6bcd0a56a12d13a5bc53bc044198e412.jpg)
Looking back at where I was hiking from:
![DSCN2233.JPG DSCN2233.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26788-a000439e1c928ad4920d8557b1ad42e1.jpg)
There was one section that was a little steep, otherwise it was fairly easy walking:
![DSCN2237.JPG DSCN2237.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26789-f1f33407bc3c746e0b06b18a8664fbb3.jpg)
![DSCN2239.JPG DSCN2239.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26790-b02b0fbe779a399d31cacb8c2ee22559.jpg)
![DSCN2241.JPG DSCN2241.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26791-7c03eca62111375eb7c0985a5a58b96d.jpg)
Soon I had my first view into the Talus Lake drainage. It's correct name is the North Fork of Snowshoe Canyon:
![DSCN2248.JPG DSCN2248.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26792-e0204fbfaa7ece0d4d2359a4a2e5ed0c.jpg)
![DSCN2249.JPG DSCN2249.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26793-b285cfeb75f004b77ba5c4e92d5d459d.jpg)
I glissaded down to the lakes:
![DSCN2255.JPG DSCN2255.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26794-45c4dd05d9c0d2a8d7b45d0ffc7fb97b.jpg)
![DSCN2257.JPG DSCN2257.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26795-1af3f53a2e30a4de825c350b02a81cf0.jpg)
![DSCN2261.JPG DSCN2261.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26796-b768ffab7e6256411c938f5e9c5d46c5.jpg)
In this next picture, you can see a rocky nob or hill rising up center of the picture. I set up my tent on top of that:
![DSCN2262.JPG DSCN2262.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26797-97ef1dfd448f5367d1ca0a22ba9c0e04.jpg)
Looking back up where I came from:
![DSCN2266.JPG DSCN2266.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26798-97f1afcf64aca318d5fb55497fc51d96.jpg)
I had my first view of Talus Lake. The view is better from the base of it. Here you can see the route I'm heading the next day. I will go up to the saddle from the base of the lake, and then make my way up and around to Doane Peak, which is barely rising above the mountains to the right:
![DSCN2264.JPG DSCN2264.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26799-f84e8b4f52858121e225d571029a8386.jpg)
There are several lakes in this area. Here is a view looking down on one below/behind where I camped:
![DSCN2272.JPG DSCN2272.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26800-10c916708d287eaf4509d476fff87bac.jpg)
![DSCN2273.JPG DSCN2273.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26802-ce3acd456bc5e7d715d316e641c1dece.jpg)
![DSCN2276.JPG DSCN2276.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26801-970c7aa0a1479e8f41ee65038c1afd6c.jpg)
Day 4 route:
![Talus Lake.png Talus Lake.png](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26803-7a8bd62bc5d5ad88ec17920e7b7b08b9.jpg)
![Ranger Peak.png Ranger Peak.png](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26804-5be54b4a0b01efa1ebd7483309ab20bc.jpg)
Some views of my tent at camp:
![DSCN2282.JPG DSCN2282.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26805-ba6d22e6a02cb4a9f0d8c6cb0f28cc5b.jpg)
![DSCN2284.JPG DSCN2284.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26806-962909ac912991d65b5c56e89f7981ec.jpg)
![DSCN2291.JPG DSCN2291.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26807-480783ce64024183e58aa79c5e78824c.jpg)
![DSCN2294.JPG DSCN2294.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26808-6448f463dd9469926a950546210dd152.jpg)
Some more of the lakes around camp:
![DSCN2287.JPG DSCN2287.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26809-a701484d4fb8925ea1296d7d9c32e198.jpg)
![DSCN2288.JPG DSCN2288.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26810-25d3d6f9202af7a2a51e906a5b779cad.jpg)
![DSCN2298.JPG DSCN2298.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26811-7103e927075b7b9a9a284fd9344dc444.jpg)
![DSCN2307.JPG DSCN2307.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26812-a76f8b567a90f51c382fcfcb9e0cf3f5.jpg)
![DSCN2316.JPG DSCN2316.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26813-99e358cec52727d5b8f56dc199021fb0.jpg)
This is looking down Snowshoe Canyon, and out at Jackson Lake:
![DSCN2325.JPG DSCN2325.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26814-3d2b68ab17ceb882dd68cdc3d81ecc48.jpg)
I made my way down to Talus Lake:
![DSCN2331.JPG DSCN2331.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26815-3a0271e2062e383b0f7c959a51513214.jpg)
![DSCN2328.JPG DSCN2328.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26816-f8437392923d3318208a7258480e5ea0.jpg)
![DSCN2338.JPG DSCN2338.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26818-0a045f7c2ff6611756a6a304cfc2c02e.jpg)
![DSCN2347.JPG DSCN2347.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26817-6734a01c91fbd5055caa67143895e8df.jpg)
I climbed up to a pass, where I had great views of Moose Basin again:
![DSCN2365.JPG DSCN2365.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26819-1d26f131580130b7699e72a505b0bb86.jpg)
![DSCN2369.JPG DSCN2369.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26820-17051bcd17d8606a842ce5a4d4b840a7.jpg)
![DSCN2370.JPG DSCN2370.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26821-42bd081ae12913b88b234340ab08c692.jpg)
One last look down Snowshoe Canyon:
![DSCN2362.JPG DSCN2362.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26822-f01442d5c84953ade80d979ac4284ba5.jpg)
I worked my way along the open slopes towards Doane Lake:
![DSCN2366.JPG DSCN2366.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26823-bc781e1e78229fba34852ea3e7523966.jpg)
Doane Lake is pretty:
![DSCN2375.JPG DSCN2375.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26827-a3ed97e1a63579911016f640580a8b4c.jpg)
![DSCN2381.JPG DSCN2381.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26825-a1f283022b7f315a184b2d18722f7158.jpg)
![DSCN2384.JPG DSCN2384.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26826-2802c80773d3fd7cd51f7631218b8d99.jpg)
I have no idea if the lake is actually called Doane Lake. I just named it that because Doane Peak rises above it. In this picture you can see my route up Doane Peak, I just followed the steep ridge on the left side up:
![DSCN2379.JPG DSCN2379.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26828-0d496223a1fc30aa90f95b50e193bbaa.jpg)
Of course, getting around Doane on the south side was a little tricky. Steep snow slopes right into the water:
![DSCN2385.JPG DSCN2385.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26829-7859a9ce122322f0c082016c04636ba5.jpg)
Looking up at Doane:
![DSCN2388.JPG DSCN2388.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26830-cf438b0e6da72e140158653762bbf5ac.jpg)
Here is where I started climbing the ridge up:
![DSCN2395.JPG DSCN2395.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26831-f03e23cadc7a178920314c6bc122bf18.jpg)
It was a steep scramble up to the top. Before I got there, I reached this long ridge that runs north. I 'm heading this way next. Ranger Peak is the tall point to the right. I'll be going up that one in a little bit:
![DSCN2400.JPG DSCN2400.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26832-d0ccfe3608f1929a3e0404c332eb3dcf.jpg)
But first I had to get to the top of Doane Peak. When I did, the views were pretty cool:
![DSCN2401.JPG DSCN2401.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26833-5ab5e89d47ea5ddaec5494c6f51cb4d9.jpg)
![DSCN2402.JPG DSCN2402.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26834-53e40febefa8fd5303003c5405ad0d4b.jpg)
This is looking down on Doane Lake, where I just came up from. Glacier Peak is the far mountain to the left hand side:
![DSCN2413.JPG DSCN2413.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26849-b28cc87469bd3d6eabafa28cc03abf55.jpg)
This is a fuzzy picture, but that is Jackson Lake, with the Teton Wilderness in the background:
![DSCN2437.JPG DSCN2437.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26851-06f81a03ae7a1e5008ebfbe270fbdb3c.jpg)
This is looking north towards Ranger Peak. Waterfalls Canyon is below it:
![DSCN2438.JPG DSCN2438.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26852-b16525f310f4d1c5c4be9c93b16a41e2.jpg)
Looking south east along the ridgeline towards Eagles Rest Peak. I would like to go back and walk out there some day:
![DSCN2410.JPG DSCN2410.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26853-d6933130dc5b72af09ac200a117bffe0.jpg)
Looking south towards Mt Moran:
![DSCN2432.JPG DSCN2432.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26856-5508a1f28a3ad58e28e900e94cbaac06.jpg)
Looking south west at some of what I had just traversed:
![DSCN2409.JPG DSCN2409.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26855-61b775bb84eba0b080182eec4ebe848f.jpg)
Next I started following the ridge north towards Ranger Peak. Here is a view looking down at the big lake in Waterfalls Canyon:
![DSCN2452.JPG DSCN2452.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26857-79b85ee22693c74644d985e642253d47.jpg)
![DSCN2460.JPG DSCN2460.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26858-2cd7f3e4c36ed354166cca122347d121.jpg)
Next I dropped down into the basin. I'm heading up the snow to the right, towards the saddle. I'll scramble up Ranger Peak (out of the picture to the right) from there:
![DSCN2468.JPG DSCN2468.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26859-d251df4579ad628469d9d4022d58a5b5.jpg)
The snow made it easy going down:
![DSCN2473.JPG DSCN2473.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26861-3eaf9e3e4ddc1ceb16f010ce85e4c172.jpg)
![DSCN2471.JPG DSCN2471.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26860-88ae41b7635319fcfa4b6f86bb4f2f47.jpg)
![DSCN2476.JPG DSCN2476.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26862-9aeddade72d5f0bd2571136af05f57e7.jpg)
One more view looking down Waterfalls Canyon. Jackson Lake in the background:
![DSCN2483.JPG DSCN2483.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26863-ab681bdaf460ce52d8f0c40633a4a836.jpg)
I stumbled past another beautiful lake up high:
![DSCN2493.JPG DSCN2493.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26865-df5b4a8a9a71392604ff6c6de8f2ae8c.jpg)
![DSCN2495.JPG DSCN2495.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26866-8fd0be5c8f739951ce0a251fdb2ab75d.jpg)
Looking back where I just came from. Doane Peak is in the center of the picture:
![DSCN2503.JPG DSCN2503.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26870-bb7c57f9256de869fb51bab02551085c.jpg)
![DSCN2505.JPG DSCN2505.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26871-aa3e45294324e3e15cc0e6c0c9471ee1.jpg)
Just about to the top of the peak:
![DSCN2506.JPG DSCN2506.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26872-7dd0c5314587a86290827c995bc0c8b1.jpg)
At the top of Ranger Peak, looking south:
![DSCN2529.JPG DSCN2529.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26873-362fe1e70cbeda308c85fbe568364bee.jpg)
![DSCN2516.JPG DSCN2516.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26874-4ee2abbc726d7708faa57b841020dbf3.jpg)
Looking out at Jackson Lake:
![DSCN2524.JPG DSCN2524.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26876-e58e6fa2c189f56e54fa551dbe9d43de.jpg)
![DSCN2523.JPG DSCN2523.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26877-afda1076363553cbda1bc47bd6e60690.jpg)
![DSCN2509.JPG DSCN2509.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26878-fd8bbca701ad686f71370e24cfca9c4e.jpg)
Looking due north:
![DSCN2508.JPG DSCN2508.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26882-89cf5afd2a111f5f487f9e2102fbd013.jpg)
Me at the top, with Moran and the Grand above my head:
![DSCN2533.JPG DSCN2533.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26884-033b472a9fd96707bf307011776505f5.jpg)
One last look at Doane Peak and the basin I just came from:
![DSCN2542.JPG DSCN2542.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26885-6a30b902578fec9c403aef2ebca84d0a.jpg)
Looking down on Coulter Canyon:
![DSCN2547.JPG DSCN2547.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26886-c2789fefc0c49cdd361c0acb5d168779.jpg)
Next up I'm heading over to this ridge:
![DSCN2546.JPG DSCN2546.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26887-9195488f435831029f2a0a344182bfbe.jpg)
I dropped back down to the saddle, and headed over to the ridge that separates Moose Basin from Coulter Canyon. These pictures are looking back up at Ranger Peak:
![DSCN2563.JPG DSCN2563.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26888-3b2a80cce4c5d40948a9f56781198cf1.jpg)
![DSCN2568.JPG DSCN2568.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26889-90ff896a2698bf539a53990bb5584439.jpg)
![DSCN2576.JPG DSCN2576.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26891-864b2acb2bf0859069ca9e8939868dca.jpg)
Heading towards this ridge:
![DSCN2565.JPG DSCN2565.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26890-2539b676b60be11bcddab5762507b1a7.jpg)
Looking down Coulter Canyon:
![DSCN2574.JPG DSCN2574.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26892-b6a1581332772b70e5c53775c270da33.jpg)
The ridge line between Coulter Canyon and Moose Basin is a spectacular walk. My pictures won't do it justice. But the views in all directions are phenomenal. I walked it north. Not very many people ever get up here:
![DSCN2577.JPG DSCN2577.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26893-cf13496cb7d9c77a943caed2436ae01d.jpg)
![DSCN2579.JPG DSCN2579.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26895-32fecbb95f8923c604aa35e1173d1ef8.jpg)
![DSCN2581.JPG DSCN2581.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26896-2d521efdb39f554b191608f528a8ce5d.jpg)
Looking back where I am coming from:
![DSCN2583.JPG DSCN2583.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26897-e2d8de978f388c8e5b6e5cf78b3d6e95.jpg)
![DSCN2593.JPG DSCN2593.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26898-78f8d55eafab3b8e87ac7855cd2cf839.jpg)
Looking across Moose Basin towards Glacier Peak:
![DSCN2584.JPG DSCN2584.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26899-bd4a94f0437ecf3af1c46a8a980377f8.jpg)
More views of the ridge:
![DSCN2586.JPG DSCN2586.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26900-6b106e383b6e4ca8e2f9c61fb0cece31.jpg)
![DSCN2591.JPG DSCN2591.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26901-9fab31261b2ba1c7233477d9ea85ca70.jpg)
![DSCN2592.JPG DSCN2592.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26902-e638c138dd30618266092daa3cfbc28f.jpg)
![DSCN2597.JPG DSCN2597.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26903-d611590a027cc8f4bfdd8ca3bb6e823e.jpg)
![DSCN2598.JPG DSCN2598.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26904-5ed3fbc3f823783a0c049340a20933aa.jpg)
Looking down on another fork of Coulter Canyon, and an un named lake. Jackson Lake and the Teton Wilderness in the background:
![DSCN2589.JPG DSCN2589.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26905-6e2f097482431ea86108154c9317069d.jpg)
Towards the end of the ridge. This canyon drains into Webb Canyon:
![DSCN2599.JPG DSCN2599.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26906-9d20b0cc10531c9b189a12205543fe9a.jpg)
Looking out at Moose Basin, as the evening winds down:
![DSCN2595.JPG DSCN2595.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26907-1913b9d165387d2c9609a48a9c13b28c.jpg)
It was time to start dropping down into Moose Basin. Looking down at my route:
![DSCN2600.JPG DSCN2600.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26908-042854b28787505dfa6db91b299afbeb.jpg)
It was getting dark, and I needed to find a campsite. It was steeper than I realized. No camping here:
![DSCN2601.JPG DSCN2601.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26909-c02f287063c76a816ea5cd0022f64059.jpg)
![DSCN2603.JPG DSCN2603.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/26/26910-04e683d7f06c1a6d59aef58152ae23aa.jpg)
Now here is where the story gets interesting. I had hiked late into the evening. In need of a campsite, the terrain was too steep to camp. So I kept dropping and dropping. And it was getting darker and darker. I didn't want to hike in the dark, so I rushed down the hill side, somewhat out of control. While walking above a ravine, I fell straight down about 50 feet, completely out of control of my body. I stopped just before hitting the small creek running in the ravine. I was pretty lucky to not get seriously hurt. Most of my backside was bruised, and quite a bit of skin was torn of my back legs and butt. Blood was running down my legs.
I headed down the ravine, bush whacking down the creek. The terrain finally started opening up just as it got dark. But the woods were thick with trees and underbrush, and on top of that there was a bunch of downfall. It was hard to move, much less hike. I could here Moose Creek close by, which runs down Webb Canyon. There is a trail on the other side of the creek. I put my headlamp on, started crawling over trees, and eventually made my way to the river. I ate a quick dinner in the dark, and then set off to find a place to pitch my tent.
I knew this was thick bear country, so I didn't really want to be right next to the creek. It was running pretty loud. I also wasn't too trusting of the trees, since there were snags everywhere. I spent about 30 minutes looking for a flat spot I felt comfortable with. I finally found a spot, and took one last look around to make sure it was okay.
As I was scanning the area with my headlamp, I noticed a bright light reflecting back at me maybe 40 feet away. It took me a second to realize this. Confused, I shined my light back on it. My first thought was that someone else was out here with a headlamp on. No, that wasn't possible. I wasn't even on trail. I knew it was an animal. I shouted out "go on now". The animal swiveled it's head. Not only was there now a "set" of eyes, but also the outline of a large grizzly bear. He had been sitting there watching me. Then he stood up on all fours.
I know it was a grizzly because of the shape of it's head, the shape of its body, and because of the sounds it made. His head was huge. He immediately beginning huffing when I shouted out. He started to circle around me, staying about 40 feet away. He continued huffing as he moved, breaking large branches. I was talking loudly, and already had my bear spray out. It was hard to follow him because of the thick downfall. He never charged. He just kept walking around me.
So time to set up camp. Sike! What do you do in this situation. I wasn't sure. There weren't any good trees to climb, but there where 2 close enough together that I could maybe get up. So I shimmied up between these trees about 15 feet to a few branches that I could hold on to. Now, the bear could have reached me if he wanted to. But at least from this angle I could see him coming, and spray him. I would not have been able to see him coming until he was on me from down in the brush.
The bear continued to huff his way around. He wasn't being quiet, I don't think he was happy I was there. I figure he was most likely surprised to see me there. I wonder how long he had been watching me to begin with. I caught a few more glimpses of him over the next few minutes. I continued to hear him for about an hour.
Meanwhile, tree life wasn't comfortable. I was holding onto branches to stay up in the tree. There was no sitting comfortably. I would take turns changing my position and hand holds. Eventually the adrenaline started wearing off, and I remembered that my legs were still dripping with blood and in pain. And then it got chilly. I remember looking up into the sky at the stars while in the tree. I could still hear the bear moving around. I though about all the people I knew, and wondered what they were doing. I pictured them all comfortably in their beds. I doubt any of them remember that night. I, however, will never forget mine.
I have to say that In that moment I felt truly alive. It was the most alive I've ever felt. I wasn't nervous, or in fear for my life. I remember laughing a little, and thinking to myself, this is living. This is adventure.
After a few hours, I was too tired to hold onto the tree branches anymore. I shimmied back down, and set my tent up in thick downfall. I hadn't heard the bear in a while. Somehow, I slept really good.
My tent the next morning:
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The tree's I shimmied up. I guess its more like one tree with a split:
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Day 5's route:
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I could barely walk in the morning. I set off to ford Moose Creek, which was running swift. I had trouble crossing it. Eventually I found a log to walk across, and was able to find the trail on the other side:
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It's a long hike down Webb Canyon. Mostly wooded, several small waterfalls, and some fire burn:
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The patrol cabin by Jackson Lake:
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I finished up the last few miles through the meadows:
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The end.
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