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Early April 2001 Alpine Ascent of Panorama Point, NE
5,424 feet above sea level

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The official tri-state marker when Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska come together.
Troy, Kevin, Marvin, Glenn and James at the Tristate Marker Our diminished party poses at the intersection of the state borders of Colorado, Nebraska and Wyoming. Troy, Kevin and James toe the mark in Colorado. Marvin and Glenn revel in Nebraska. With due all respect to our missing comrades, none of us has the heart to stand in Wyoming.
Troy, James and Kevin The scene at the 41st Parallel of North Latitude looks depressingly void of other humans.
Look Ma - No Hands! The team searches frantically for our missing guides. Later, the Hands told us an old native saying:

"Wyoming men never get lost.
But... sometimes the path wanders away
."

(L-R: James, Marvin, Moose, Troy, Chris)

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