Pictured in the Environment

Rest break	Look---I've been there!	Seeking enlightenment	Listening to the rock	Blob Boy relaxes between picture-taking sessions
Sacred mimicry advances a spiritual quest	Basin Boy seeks enlightenment near Delicate Arch	First attempt at arch mimickry, improved on later in the day	Paying my respects	Rest break close to the precipice
Hiking off-trail increases the chance that you will encounter weirdos	Just a little sandstone exploration...	Achieving harmony with the landscape	PARENTS: shield your impressionable offspring from this debauchery in the wilderness	NOT FOR VIEWING BY PERSONS WHO ARE EASILY OFFENDED
Pondering a descent into the trench	The only sounds were my footsteps, the breeze, and the occasional faint roar of a speeding vehicle about five miles away	This experience confirmed that becoming one with the playa is impossible	Walking on the playa toward the south summit	On the summit, looking at the vehicles far away on the salt flats
Lying on the sacrificial altar	Jetty guy	Rest stop ruined by my forgetfulness	Looking for guidance to reach the summit ridge	Phoning home from Tetzlaff Peak's summit ridge
World land speed record attempt rained out	Hat and shirt "on" the water and feet "in" the water	Texture	Sienna on salt	Ridding my mind of extraneous thoughts
Sitting on sandstone (my assistant---Joe Tripod---stood while I sat)	Making notes about the hike	Ready for the firing squad at a basalt boulder	Ascending a sand dune with a boot that had five days to live	How to look goofy on top of a hill
Butte Boy suppressing a nasal explosion	Solitary summiteer soaking up the super sights	Sun-shy summit guy	Summit feet	Sandstone and railroad---does it get any better than that?
Cottonwood trees in the canyon	My little world	White Rim sandstone; white rim hat	Canyon panorama #1: looking east	Corridor Boy, almost "up against the wall"
Desert bum known as "Rincon Rat" is high on sandstone again	Let's see...can I get the rock to fall off by leaning against the column?	The work is tougher than I thought...	Achieving bliss through firm contact with aura nodules	Relaxing by Negro Bill Creek in 2006
Canyon Boy rests at his turn-around point while his socks dry in the breeze	Something tells me I've been here before...	Psychic transmitter benefits a hiker	Fin Boy takes a break on the toe of a fin; Joe Tripod (not visible) just stands there	Desire to see + fear of heights = prone position at precipice
Attempting to achieve Oneness via a new path	Falling back to re-group	Tourist points the way at a junction	Enlightenment arrives after I assumed the proper position in relation to the parabola	Higher plateau
Breakfast at the Shafer Trail precipice over the Colorado River	Updating my journal under the stars and moon	Night Boy and tent with moon light, candlelight, and Photoshop	My version of "The Color Purple"	Amphitheater Boy amid four levels of consciousness
Sandstone Man becoming one with the rock	Trek over for Thelma's Boy	Listorama talking to Delicate Arch	Moon Boy framed by Delicate Arch's moonlight shadow	Panorama of Delicate Arch (dead center on the horizon) is spoiled by an insensitive tourist
Up against the wall (in the alcove)	Fulfillment: gazing upon the canyon	Finally---a visit to Jug Rock, a formation that called to me about three years earlier	Taking in the view of the canyon of Salt Wash	Between a pothole (left) and an alcove
Bland person on colorful sandstone	Cobb Peak reconnaissance	On the summit of Floating Island	Vegetation hill next to the curving finger of the previous photo	On the south summit of Floating Island (cell phone photo, un-edited)
Rest break in rocks	First break: bare feet on rock	Talking to my wife via cell phone before heading down (thank you, Verizon)	End of hike	Worried look
Dune Boy, alone with the sand (and Joe Tripod)	Your photographer soaking up the view	Ready to walk	Near the access road	Last shot: back on the access road
Lunch break by a pour-off pool at the end of a side canyon	Another break, farther up the canyon	Mesa Boy has a snack "on the rocks"	Taking it all in	Goose Neck Guy (aka "Boulder Boy")
Marker Boy resting by a trail marker	Taking a break from the hard job of PBase exploration	I felt like a slice of meat in a sandstone sandwich, and I relished it	Now I'm beyond the "vine that ruined my day"	Walking on bedrock (bamboo stick is 6 feet [1.8m] long)
Taking in the view from the top of a petrified sand dune in front of Monitor Butte	Stick Boy---one of "Moab's Most Wanted"	Surrounded by canyons and fins	From atop a huge fin I gaze at other fins ("Behind the Rocks")	Desert bum in a one-person line-up to identify an ice cream extortionist
The unpleasant expression in the mouth can be attributed to "sandstone on the brain"	Morning inspection	Tent by moonlight and candlelight	Success at last!	Clockwise ridge "panorama" #4: lunch break and towers
Admiring the fins	In a side wash that leads to Ring Arch	Relaxing below Ring Arch	Sandstone nirvana	Attempting to understand---through Oneness with Sandstone---the process of creating petrified sand dunes
Searching for the meaning of a sandstone fin