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Various selection of pictures from 2009 in WBC 2009 BP San Mateo 2x. Click on pictures for medium view. Right-click/save to save and/or view different resolutions.

   A nice shady start to this deathmarch!
San Mateo Canyon Wilderness, Cleveland National Park, CA

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   Arriving at Four Corners, where do we go? The quiz of the moment!
San Mateo Canyon Wilderness, Cleveland National Park, CA

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   Wow! I've been coming here for a few years and never noticed this before. A wildlife camera!
San Mateo Canyon Wilderness, Cleveland National Park, CA

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   Nice view to the south near the border of Camp Pendleton
San Mateo Canyon Wilderness, Cleveland National Park, CA

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   Look closely, there are people in there. The front 1/2 is way ahead of the back 1/2.
San Mateo Canyon Wilderness, Cleveland National Park, CA

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   Getting toward the end of the shade, we'll be baking for a while.
San Mateo Canyon Wilderness, Cleveland National Park, CA

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   Near the A in national and 2643. The creek is a dead giveaway!
San Mateo Canyon Wilderness, Cleveland National Park, CA

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   Old jeep trail… getting narrow and overgrown with age…
San Mateo Canyon Wilderness, Cleveland National Park, CA

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   Oak Flats! Beautiful place with… water… cow chips…
San Mateo Canyon Wilderness, Cleveland National Park, CA

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   Moo.
San Mateo Canyon Wilderness, Cleveland National Park, CA

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   Lunch Break at the flats.
San Mateo Canyon Wilderness, Cleveland National Park, CA

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   Leaving the flats near 2469
San Mateo Canyon Wilderness, Cleveland National Park, CA

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   See camp? It's that bottom bit near the center of the pic. It's a ways down : )
San Mateo Canyon Wilderness, Cleveland National Park, CA

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   Fastforward to the bottom and time to soak our feet.
San Mateo Canyon Wilderness, Cleveland National Park, CA

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   Yeeaah buddy! Kevin (my COL1 assistant) secretly stashed some brewskis at our campsite! Sweet!
San Mateo Canyon Wilderness, Cleveland National Park, CA

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   Kevin discussing the finer points of beer cooling!
San Mateo Canyon Wilderness, Cleveland National Park, CA

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   Not only did Kevin bring the beer, he filtered the hell out of the water.
San Mateo Canyon Wilderness, Cleveland National Park, CA

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   That'd be me chewing the cud and chillin' by the water.
San Mateo Canyon Wilderness, Cleveland National Park, CA

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   Rise and shine folks! Want to do 10 miles and a few k gain?
San Mateo Canyon Wilderness, Cleveland National Park, CA

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   Even disposable contacts suck in the woods.
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   Cleaning up the campsite.
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   Near 1563 looking westerly to our campsite.
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   Oi!!! The leveling off of the trail just south of 2241. Damm that was a bitch.
San Mateo Canyon Wilderness, Cleveland National Park, CA

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   The intersection before 4-corners, 1/2 will north, the other 1/2 with me on the shorter route.
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   The happy group at the end!!!
San Mateo Canyon Wilderness, Cleveland National Park, CA

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   Ha-ha! The traditional lunch spot after this backpack. Don't knock over any bikes.
Hell's Kitchen, Lake Elsinore, CA

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   Bottom's up!
Hell's Kitchen, Lake Elsinore, CA

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   Frozen mugs and missing teeth, requirements to come here.
Hell's Kitchen, Lake Elsinore, CA

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