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I go out among the mountains to be reminded of how small I am in comparison to the vast world around me.  While hiking the trails of Paradise in Mt. Rainier National Park I stopped and looked back at one point.  The view of the crowds below me marching up the twisting footpath contrasted with the looming Tatoosh mountain range behind and above them seemed to sum this feeling up for me perfectly and with my Hasselblad camera in hand, thus this image was made.