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Bear Extravaganza in the Tetons

Labor Day Weekend, September 2006

My Lovely Porters
My lovely porters.

me by the sign
The first sign of bears in the tetons was, well, a sign with bears on it.

bear poops
The second sign of bears was luckily not stepped on. (Watch included to show what time it was).

bears and tetons
This is first bear that could have eaten me.

bear up close
This is him up close, not that I got up close.

dark shaper
Sometimes the dark shapes you see are more than just dark shapes. They're dark shapes that will beat the living crap out of you to keep their baby dark shapes free from danger...

paintbrush pass
Here's the view back towards Park Headquarters from Paintbrush divide.

Mount Moran
Here is the southwest face of Mount Moran. Those must be some entertaining couloirs in winter me thinks.

stinky backpacker
This is me with THE three tetons coming out of my left ear. The pass I wanted to get over (Hurrican Pass) is to the right edge of the photo.

cascade canyons
Here's the view down the north fork and up the south fork of cascade canyons, and the north side of the Grand.

grand teton
The view from solitude lake is so amazing that its almost upsetting.

me alive
Here's me near Driggs thinking "thank god I'm alive, keep me the F#&% away from any more Mother and offspring pairings".