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Creation date / 1997 / July / 1
- Ken Aldrich firing .50 cal black powder at Black Mountain camp. Taken by Eric March.
- From Lovers Leap looking toward Base Camp
- From Lovers Leap. That is Trail Peak in the center.
- View from Schaefer's Peak
- View from Schaefer's Peak
- .50 cal black powder at Black Mountain camp
- Ken Aldrich loading .50 cal black powder at Black Mountain camp. The other guy's name is Allen. Taken by Eric March.
- Ken Aldrich and Fred Hildebrand flipping pancakes at the breakfast chuckwagon at Ponil.
- Ken Aldrich and Fred Hildebrand flipping pancakes at the breakfast chuckwagon at Ponil.
- Ken Aldrich and a Mormon Mountain Trek on top of Schaefer's Peak. Taken by Eric March.
- In Santa Fe, New Mexico
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- One of the last days of the season. In ranger tent city with tooth ridge behind me. Thats the elk horn I found on my first day
- Philmont season is over. First day moving back into my dorm room at Michigan State University. Look at those veins!
- Crew of Explorers from Reno Nevada. These guys were great!
- Crew of Explorers from Reno Nevada. These guys were great!
- In ranger tent city
- In ranger tent city
- Crew from Foster City, CA
- Crew from Foster City, CA.: Brend Feudale (Crew Leader), Jason Ju, Tony Bogatelos, Michael Navarro (Advisor), Jin Jue (Advisor),
- Indian Writings camp (petroglyphs)
- Indian Writings camp (petroglyphs)
- Ken Aldrich saying goodbye to another crew. Time to start a 5:30 AM sunrise hike back into basecamp.
- Ken Aldrich saying goodbye to another crew. Time to start a 5:30 AM sunrise hike back into basecamp. Thats my map in my hip bel
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- Crew from SouthWest Minnesota
- Trust fall from the Ranger Bell. The beginning of team training starts with building trust.
- The mighty Ranger Rocket!
- Rattlesnake. This was along the trail at a narrow pass. I actually stood between the snake and the trail so my crew could pass
- The advisors from my crew from Nashville, TN. Robert White, William Druper, Tim Gannon
- The advisors from my crew from Nashville, TN. Robert White, William Druper, Tim Gannon
- Trail Peak
- Trail Peak. Me peeing off the wing of an airplane at 10,000 feet.
- Trail Peak. A ranger peeing off the wing of an airplane at 10,000 feet.
- Ashley, Ken, and Rett on Trail Peak
- Steak dinner with friends
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- Back to my tent in ranger city after greeting a crew. Taken by Jason Keeney
- Bear track between Dan Beard and Bent. 8/4/97
- At Darwin, New Mexico. Wil McGehee, Rachel Davis, Ken Aldrich, Benjamin Lee
- In Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Loading shotgun shells at Harlan camp with a crew
- Shooting skeet at Harlan camp with a nice over under
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- Beau Sill's 1962 Volvo with a ranger paint job
- Ranger work days at the end of the season
- Ranger work days near the end of the season
- Mini-bear
- Crew of Explorers from Reno Nevada. These guys were great!
- Crew of Explorers from Reno Nevada. These guys were great!
- Ken Aldrich topping the spar pole at Crater Lake
- Taking the Wilderness Pledge at a 5 AM Sunrise. Pueblano camp. Shortly after scaring a black bear away from Pueblo Cabin.
- Green snake in Bear Canyon. Spotted on my 24 mile hike in from Pueblano to Base.
- Adrienne and Val Viosca on the mesa above Arroyo Hondo. We camped here overnight along the Rio Grande River.
- Mesa above Arroyo Hondo (South of Taos). We relaxed in the hot springs the night before.
- White water rafting on the Rio Grande
- At "The Outback" in Taos after rafting.
- At "The Outback" in Taos after rafting.
- At "The Outback" in Taos after rafting.
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- White water rafting on the Rio Grande River, South of Taos, NM. Paul Wheeler, Ken Aldrich, Kyle Taylor, Chris Sprecker, Luke Tes