Tom Purcell leads the way into a boulder filled valley while backpacking with Dan Duane on the Sierra High Route

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Tom Purcell leads the way into a boulder filled valley while backpacking with Dan Duane on the Sierra High Route, a 195 mile trackless path almost entirely between 9,000 and 11,500 feet in elevation in the Eastern Sierra Nevada mountains in California.

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Size: 5368px × 3588px
Location: Sierra High Route,California,United States
Photo credit: © Corey Rich / Aurora Photos / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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