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National Geographic : 1964 Apr
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feet off the bottom. It was mulish work. My upper half was bathed in sweat and my lower half was re frigerated. I stepped into a hole, dousing my wallet and camera. I looked around. It was amazing that, among the thousands sup posedly enjoying themselves in Yellowstone that day, we had all this fun to ourselves. A chill wind stirred the surface of Shoshone into a whitecap froth. Four-horse stage and 200-horsepower Roadrunner meet at Jackson, Wyoming. Vacationists seeking the Old West ride the coach and stroll past stores on wooden sidewalks. Swinging from a rock overhang in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, the author executes a free rappel at the Exum School of Mountaineering. Riding a nylon harness, he controls his descent by tightening or slackening the ropes' pressure. Jenny Lake and Jackson Hole, rendezvous of beaver trappers more than a century ago, stretch in the distance. KODACHROMES© NATIONALGEOGRAPHICSOCIETY Reservation near Browning, Montana. We transferred to canoes and fought our way up-lake. The bedrolls and bundled clothing made admirable sponges for the water splashing in. We managed to set up camp and eat our supper fast enough to keep the pipelines to the mosquitoes filled (page 573). What food was left I cached against bears, and we all crawled into damp bedding. The wind freshened during the night, and rain was in the offing when we rose. We were happy to see these signs, because the main purpose of being in a wilderness area is to join with nature in all its 579
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