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Companionship in Desolation Wilderness (a 6-page comic)

October 15, 2017
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Copyright © 2012 Jared Manninen

Presented here is a short black and white comic I created about an overnight backpacking trip I took into Desolation Wilderness with a former girlfriend back in 2012. Although our relationship did not last and the backpacking trip was only two days, the experience was rewarding. One of the reasons I enjoyed the trip was…

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Posted in Trail Journal Tagged desolation wilderness, south tahoe, wrights lake 2 Comments

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