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Gig: Time for Heroes
Venue: YuYinTang
When: April 3, 2013
Address: 851 Kaixuan Road
Shanghai, China
The sound of two male Bighorn Rams battering their horns can be heard a mile away. During mating season, they engage in an ancient ritual to establish dominance and access to females using more than enough force to kill a human on impact. Desert Bighorn rams grow special skulls and brains to withstand battles lasting up to 24 hours!
Desert Bighorn inhabit the most treacherous terrain in the mountains and desert of San Diego, Riverside, and Imperial Counties of southwestern California. I admire the Bighorn for representing balance and fortitude.
Populations in these ranges are federally listed as endangered, so I determined to meet them in the wild as soon as possible. After several attempts, I found success working with California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Forest Service, and Society for the Conservation of Bighorn Sheep during a cooperative two-day survey in the San Gabriel Mountains. Camped alone overnight in Applewhite by Lytle Creek, and surveyed Barrett Canyon / Stoddard Peak / Mt. Baldy; all during a massive rainstorm!
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June 2017
WRDSB Ed Centre, Kitchener, ON
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A reverse view of two people working together - not how we usually see a scene like this.