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Crossing Piru Creek in a two-wheel-drive SUV
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Neli in the car
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Neli ready to go
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Kolya with his backpack
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Kolya with his backpack
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Hiking along
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Crossing Mutau Creek
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Rocks in the middle of Mutau Flats (sacred site of the Chumash Indians)
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Kolya next to the rocks on Mutau Flats
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Bushes on Mutau Flats
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Overlooking Mutau Creek and its steep walls
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Neli on Mutau Flats
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Kolya out on Mutau Flats
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Kolya with an axe
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Purple flower on Mutau Flats
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Peculiar flat mountain portions ("peneplains")
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Kolya next to a dried-out flower
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Overlooking the Sespe Wilderness
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Sunrise in Hot Springs Canyon
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Sunrise in Hot Springs Canyon
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Walking along the hot springs
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Walking along the hot springs
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Walking along the hot springs
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Walking along the hot springs
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Sulphur-oxidized rocks
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Hot spring coming out of the canyon wall
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Kolya next to the hot springs
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Kolya next to the hot springs
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Kolya next to the hot springs
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Neli at sunrise in Hot Springs Canyon
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A frog in a hot spring
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Reeds and a bamboo-like plant along the springs
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A palm tree in Hot Springs Canyon and some other backpackers
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Sitting in a hot pool at Sespe Hot Springs
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Sitting in a hot pool at Sespe Hot Springs
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Sitting in a hot pool at Sespe Hot Springs
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Sitting in a hot pool at Sespe Hot Springs
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Sitting in a hot pool at Sespe Hot Springs
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Neli is out of the hot pool
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A cactus grove
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Our tent, somewhere in the bushes
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Hiking back up to Mutau Flats, with extra water bags
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Hiking back up to Mutau Flats, with extra water bags
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A herd of Bighorn Sheep gathered around the hot springs
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Overlooking Hot Springs Valley and a waterfall
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Blooming manzanita
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Looking back at the flat peneplains
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Last look at the Sespe Wilderness
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