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Our guide at Olorgesailie historic site pauses for instruction on our tour outside the standard exhibit route.The class winds its way through Olorgesailie.Seasonal streams abound in the valley. This one runs near Mt. Olorgesailie.Our guide points out some of the more interesting features of this river cut.The students take a short break during our hike around Olorgesailie.The class assembles by the vans for a brief lecture near Fisher's Tower in Hell's Gate.Students making their way up the talus slope to the base of columnar basalts in Hell's Gate.Kendoll stops to take in the breadth of jointed walls.Dan stands for scale below the towering basalts. He's about 6'5".Dan and Carly standing underneath the columnar basalt.David takes a break on a boulder fallen from the cliff.A guide leading the class into the Lower Gorge.The Lower Gorge changes every year due to flash flooding caused by torrential rains.The class stops briefly before exploring a branch of the Lower Gorge.Amy flexes after taking on the first section of the hike.Scrambling through one of the many slot canyons branching off the main gorge.The class poses for a shot in front of the basalt dyke that runs up to Central Tower.Professor Wood stands for scale in front of some fine bedding in the Lower Gorge.
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Our guide at Olorgesailie historic site pauses for instruction on our tour outside the standard exhibit route.



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