Confusion as you reach the top....

(base camp on Volcan Cotopaxi, after surviving blowing ice and freezing temps in nothing but a sweatshirt, and suffering from oxygen deprevation)

Reflecting back on the journey....

Realizing you survived....

(view of Volcan Cotopaxi after descent from base camp)

(lone flowers in high elevation meadow at base of Volcan Cotopaxi)

(sea lion relaxing on Espinosa Point, Isla Fernandina, Galapagos Islands)

And finally, total exhaustion coupled with joyous relief....

Thanks to all of my labmates, the SaBR group, my committee (Brett Riddle, John Klicka, Brian Hedlund, Jonathan Campbell, Steve Rowland), my wife, and everyone else for providing support and advice!!