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            <h2>Long-distance hikes I've completed</h2>
            <p>I love nature, and I love to walk. Throughout the years, I've been fortunate to complete some amazing multi-month backcountry hikes in some the U.S.' most treasured public lands. Below is just a sampler platter of photos from these epic adventures. </p>
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            <h2 style="text-align: center;">Pacific Crest Trail</h2>
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                <figcaption style="text-align: center;">Hiking across the snowy southern Sierra Nevada mountains in mid-June, 2017</figcaption>
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                <figcaption style="text-align: center;">Fording one of the many raging snowmelt streams in the Sierra Nevada, July 2017</figcaption>
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                <img src="images/hikes/PCT_clearcut.JPG" alt="hike-pix" class="hike-pix">
                <figcaption style="text-align: center;">An early-succession clearcut area affected by tree mortality in Washington, August 2017</figcaption>
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                <img src="images/hikes/PCT_eclipse.JPG" alt="hike-pix" class="hike-pix">
                <figcaption style="text-align: center;">Watching the full solar eclipse from the trail near Mount Jefferson in Oregon, August 2017</figcaption>
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            <h2 style="text-align: center;">Hayduke Trail</h2>
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                <figcaption style="text-align: center;">One of the many slot canyons of the Hayduke trail, April 2021</figcaption>
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                <figcaption style="text-align: center;">My hiking partner, Shannon, about to traverse the Red Ledges in Steven's Canyon, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, April 2021</figcaption>
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                <figcaption style="text-align: center;">Navigating through pools of crisp, clear water in Grand Canyon National Park, May 2021</figcaption>
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                <figcaption style="text-align: center;">The awe-inspiring scale of Grand Canyon National Park, May 2021</figcaption>
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                <img src="images/hikes/Hayduke_hitchike.jpg" alt="hike-pix" class="hike-pix">
                <figcaption style="text-align: center;">Hitchhiking across the Colorado River at the bottom of the Grand Canyon near the confluence with the Little Colorado River, May 2021</figcaption>
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            <h2 style="text-align: center;">Wind River High Route</h2>
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                <figcaption style="text-align: center;">Looking north across Wyoming's Wind River Range after 8 days traversing high mountain passes, August 2022</figcaption>
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                <figcaption style="text-align: center;">Climbing up a typical pass on the Wind River High Route, August 2022</figcaption>
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                <figcaption style="text-align: center;">Scrambling up Wind River Peak, August 2022</figcaption>
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