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Hikes most days began with a climb up Yei Trail. |
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Dog Rock |
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Kids play a game with a circle of rocks and black and white sticks. |
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Spider Rock |
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Face Rock |
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Old tree limbs are the ladder up |
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Hardin interlocks the 2 limbs to form a ladder. Scary. |
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Thomas holds the limb steady. |
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Home base. |
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Frame work for sweat ceremony. The structure is covered with whatever is handy. The rocks are heated (cont. below) |
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in a bonfire and transferred into the covered hut with a pitchfork. |
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Whew! Joanne and Thomas come down Female Trail, a tough one. Nearby is Male Trail. To evade Spanish invaders, the Navajo sent women and children up Female Trail, while the men distracted soldiers by going up Male Trail. |
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Thomas helps Joanne up the Blade. |
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On the way to Spider Rock |
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Amazing tree. I saw it 12 years ago and it hasn't changed much. |
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Riding in the back of a pick-up |
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Mummy Cave |
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Above, and 3 photos below: Window Rock |
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Mummy Cave |
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Antelope House Ruin |
