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Mt Roraima 2011 2nd Expedition Pics SUPER DUPER DIAL UP WARNING! LOTS OF LARGE PICS!

So, with such intense pressure to get stuff pumping, im going to start off with the panoramas...the thread will be updated with new pics as i am able to process them...

there are more pictures that just this post. please scroll through the pages to see additional photos

if you would like to see a larger version, please click on the image that you would like to see.

View of Hotel, the Caribbean Sea:


Jasper Creek:


The Grand Sabana:


From Rio Tec, Kukenan Tepui is on the left, Roraima Tepui is on the right/barely visible:


A better view from Roraima's base:


Rio Kukenan:


Kukenan from Roriama View:


The task ahead:



Ascending the ramp:


Almost against the cliffside:


OMG ITS SO HIGH!


A couple of waterfalls in the way:


Finally at the top:


Some views from the top of Roraima:




Stew playing with death:


A very very long drop:


Southern ravine:


The Pit:


The Cathedral:


Last Look before Going Back:
 
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OMG so nice!! (I'm looking at the biggers right now..)
 
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Oh. My. Speechless.

SUCH good shots, Jon! Beautiful!
*will keep periodically stalkin this thread*
 
That's so cool how you layered the pics! And.. was that a pair of legs just chilling in that pic with the guy on his belly?
 
woah!! Spectacular!! Clearly you had an amazing time. wow!! Did u climb the other tepui as well?
 
That's so cool how you layered the pics! And.. was that a pair of legs just chilling in that pic with the guy on his belly?

yes...hahaha. people move around too much, wont sit still. you might have noticed that there are twins of people walking around too. XD


woah!! Spectacular!! Clearly you had an amazing time. wow!! Did u climb the other tepui as well?
I wish....we didnt have the permits to climb up that one. however, one of us got to go there...via helicopter...which lead to a ton of fun with the government... XD
 
Ohh very nice amph, hmm any helis coming?
 
patience young grasshopper...the best is yet to come.
 
Heh, interesting how you stitched the pictures, Jon. They look good. Do you mind if I post mine in here as well? I've got them on the computer and sorted, just haven't put them on photobucket or flickr yet.
 
  • #11
Awesome shots!

In the pic of "Stew playing with death" is he taking pics of Calceolaria darwinii? I so want that plant!

And who's disembodied legs are standing under your name in the same shot? :lol:
 
  • #12
dont remember what he was doing there...he did mention orchids on the cliffside but i didnt see what he was looking at.

@swords: i believe it's Ed Stecs. :lol:
 
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  • #13
WOW someone's enjoying global field trips :D
 
  • #14
Wow Amph! I'm totally jealous. :) Gorgeous shots too. Autostitch did a great job of putting them together.
 
  • #15
The following pics are as is, no extra larges:

More scenes from Jasper Creek:
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Forgot the name of this location, had Brocchinia hectioides--pretty waterfall. :p
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Brocchinia hectioides, a close relative of B. reducta:
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Drosera sp:
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have no idea what this is, found near the edge of Kukenan river:
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my homies:
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a sign....
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crossing over the Rio Tec:
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mr lizard:
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more need IDs
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eriocaulon sp:
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Brochinnia reducta at the base of the Mt. Roriama:
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U. humboldtii:
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closeup:
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if Roraima had a flag flower, humboldtii would be it:
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D. roraimae:
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Community shots:
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Stop taking pics of plants...start walking:
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Bah....i need a winged pegasus:
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made it to basecamp...found U. pubescens:
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discussing...err....stuffs....
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guess what Brad was trying to do...and yes, that small tent is a portable outhouse---that has no toilet. you use bags...
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entering the cloud forest....good stuffs now. leik orchids:
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hiking up the ramp:
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things are intimidating when you can see the path at eye level--- 1 ft from you.
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Lichen species:
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  • #17
is this for college or work? if it was then u hit the jackpot :)
 
  • #18
Brochinnia tatei:
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for Taliesin:
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tillies:
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orchids cont:
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mr moth failing horribly at crypsis:
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U. campbelliana:
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U. amethystina:
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U. pubescens:====================================U. quelchii:
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  • #19
PHAMTASTIC shots!!!
:drool:
 
  • #20
Man, the diversity there is spectacular. The moss! And the lichens! Ahh! *explodes*
 
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