Proud Papa
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Parashakti
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The photos tell a wonderful story, thanks for sharing it. Hope you continue to have many more hikes!Sorry, but I'm going to be kind of long winded for a bit. I just can't help myself you see.I spent last weekend in Portland, Oregon to attend my daughter's graduation ceremony from Lewis and Clark College. Katie has been my sidekick on numerous backpacking trips, and my weekend hikes over the years, and has shown up in many trip reports on this site over that time. Here is a time sequence leading up to her big day last Saturday.
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View attachment 120679 The Avenues Twin Peaks at eleven
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View attachment 120684 Checking out an AT Shelter in the Smokies
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View attachment 120686 Back to Grandeur
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View attachment 120690 The old Cougar Creek Trail on the Mount Holmes Trip
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View attachment 120709 Heading back from Queen's Laundry in Yellowstone
View attachment 120710 Enjoying time with her brother at the Bear Pit at Old Faithful
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View attachment 120722 Back in the Smokies, checking out a wild boar trap
View attachment 120723 Seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.
View attachment 120724 Sentinel Creek in Yellowstone on our Lower Geyser Basin Trip
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View attachment 120727 Nasty Bushwhack to Buffalo Meadows on the same trip
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View attachment 120733 Broads Fork Twin Peaks attempt
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View attachment 120736 First attempt at the north summit of Mount Olympus
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View attachment 120741 Enjoying the summit view
View attachment 120742 Scrambling on our way back down
View attachment 120743 Grandeur in the winter
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View attachment 120747 Olympus in the winter - first for her
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View attachment 120750 One of my favorite shots - bushwhacking out of Red Butte Canyon on our attempt to reach Lookout Peak
View attachment 120751 Dragon's Tail route up Grandeur
View attachment 120752 Scramble up Mount Raymond
View attachment 120754 View from summit of Mount Raymond, looking towards Goblers Knob
View attachment 120755 Posing with a bison on our DeLacy Lakes Trip in Yellowstone
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View attachment 120759 At Mallard Lake on the same trip
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View attachment 120762 Deseret Peak at sixteen
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View attachment 120781 Winter Grandeur at seventeen
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View attachment 120786 Canoe trip around Yellowstone Lake
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View attachment 120803 The Mary Mountain Trail in Yellowstone
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View attachment 120822 COVID times as she turned nineteen on our Pebble Creek backpacking trip in Yellowstone
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View attachment 120825 On Wolverine Peak on Pebble Creek trip
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View attachment 120830 Lone Peak hike
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View attachment 120834 Pfeifferhorn at twenty
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View attachment 120840 A nasty cold day on Avenue's Twin Peaks over X-mas break at twenty one
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View attachment 120842 Mount Van Cott over Christmas break
View attachment 120843 Snuggling with Juniper
So there you have it. I'd be lying if I didn't say that I didn't shed a tear when she crossed that stage at her graduation ceremony after receiving he diploma.
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Congratulations Katie! I hope you take your love of wilderness and nature into your adult life. I've enjoyed every minute of all our adventures, and good luck to you on all your future endeavors.
