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2004 visits to Conundrum hot springs, highest in N. America. Get elevated!

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Adirondack Mountains to Washington, DC. Paradise to Purgatory. Or is DC Hell?

Summer on the Continental Divide and Colorado Trails.

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Baja California, the longest penninsula in the world

Boulder, CO, where I entertained on the rope on the Pearl St. Mall from 1978-1998 and started Vote.org.

Boulder has been called "27 square miles surrounded by reality." You can
skip reality and go straight to photos of our famous Halloween Mall Crawl.

California, where I programmed computers, lived on a commune, and taught myself rope-walking.

Colorado Springs, CO, where I went to Colorado College, helped start the Springs' Artists' Co-op, and camped for a summer in Artist's Glen on Pikes Peak.

Conundrum Hot Springs, highest in North America, plus Aspen

Copper Canyon, Mexico, where I escape the 20th & 21st centuries in a stupendous wild place, complete with hot springs.

I first went to the bottom of "Copper Canyon" for Christmas and New Years 1984-5 on the recommendation of Fred Hopman of Taos, NM, where I lived from 1974-8. Thanks, Freddie! All these hikes started at Divisadero or nearby Areponapuchi.

I'm now doing guide work in the area, specializing in backpack tours to the 2 hot springs you can see in the photos below. These are only for STRONG backpackers with LIGHTWEIGHT gear, and take a minimum of 4 nights for a loop by both hot springs or a minimum of 2 nights for just one. Contact info is above.

Croton-on-Hudson, NY, where I grew up and got started in photography and mountaineering.

Guatemala, where I lived on magical Lake Atitlan, which Aldous Huxley called the most beautiful in the world.

All photos are copyright by Evan Ravitz and for sale. Nonprofit use of these small images is free if credit is given. Email: evan (at) vote.org

All photos are copyright by Evan Ravitz and for sale. Nonprofit use of these small images is free if credit is given. All inquiries: evan@vote.org

My 123 best photographs take 10 minutes to download with a 56kbps modem. Get a beer, make a sandwich, and come back for the show!

In almost alphabetical order, the best 123 photos of my lifetime. The individual galleries will put most of them in context...

Oaxaca and Chiapas, the southernmost states.

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*People's Guide to Mexico*, the best web site (and book) -for travelers, not tourists

Rennaissance Fairs, where I performed 1983-8.

San Blas, an unspoiled beach where Mexicans vacation.

Sanitas Peak, near Boulder, first use of my fabulous new Pentax Optio 555 digital camera!

Taos, NM, where I learned juggling, grew food, and built and documented solar houses.

My first trip out west ended up in Taos in April of 1970. It was still the wild west. Hippie nudist California refugees were freaking out proper Catholic Latinos, whose crazy nephews were shooting at hippie buses. When some hippies shot back, I left town, being 18 and a vulnerable hitch-hiker out on those lonely roads.

The Sierra Madre Oriental, in the north.

Climbing the highest one, Orizaba.

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Urique and Batopilas, the 2 towns in the "Copper" Canyon bottomlands.

Walk from my home to South Fall, so near to Boulder and so unknown

Yelapa, a great place to go native. I performed over the town waterfall and played Jesus for Holy Week.