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Mark & Daniel nudify the John Wayne Trail. The following information is from Washington State Parks page:

"The John Wayne Pioneer Trail follows the former roadbed of the Chicago-Milwaukee-St. Paul-Pacific Railroad two-thirds of the way across Washington, from the western slopes of the Cascade Mountains to the border with Idaho. The 100-mile portion from Cedar Falls (near North Bend) to the Columbia River near Vantage is managed as Iron Horse State Park. It is open to hikers, bikers, equestrians and horse-drawn wagons in summer, and to snowmobiles, dog sleds and cross-country skiers in winter."

More information on similar conversion projects can be found at the Rails-to-Trail Conservancy

To our starting point (there are several). We took Exit 38 from I-90 Eastbound. Turned right on Forest Service road 9020, went up one mile.

documentation: photography & video (both by Daniel Johnson & Mark Storey)

Daniel nudifies upper Asahel Curtis Nature Trail/ lower Annette Lake trail area on bridge going over Humpback Creek. This was on the west side of Snoqualmie Pass, in the South Fork Snoqualmie River: South Ridge area.

Second and third areas included on Gold Creek (near Golden Creek Pond) and along Golden Creek Trail on the east side of Snoqualmie Pass. The Gold Creek trail hike was done in both the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest and the Alpine Lakes Wilderness areas (Gold Creek Trail passes through both).

documentation: photography & video (both by KG)

Brian, Daniel, Kathy, Mark, and Russ enjoyed naked kayaking, wading, and beach combing during an extremely low tide and struggled to return to the marina against a strong current during the rising tide.

Event organized by FKKayakers (fkkayakers.com)

From everettwa.org: "Jetty Island is a two-mile long, man-made island with rare sandy beaches and shallow warm water."

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documentation: photography & video

Mark and Daniel went hiking and swimming in the Lake Annette area, just west of Snoqualmie Pass along the I-90 corridor in WA state. Included some clothing-free hiking and skinnydipping.

Some of the comments we received while hiking included "That's creative" and "Right on" by some women who hiked past on our way down.

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documentation: photography

One group of four organized by Dick Morrill met up with Mark and Daniel at the Alpine Lakes Wilderness / Denny Creek area on the trail to Melakwa Lake (US Forest Service land). Included some clothing-free hiking and skinnydipping. Clothing-free area we believe is above Keekwulee Falls.

See article by Mark Storey in the Fall 2003 edition of N magazine.

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Photography at left by Dick Morrill.

documentation: photography, N magazine article

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Two from WA state meet up with two from OR state.

documentation: photography & video

The Body Freedom Collaborative (BFC) of Seattle hosted a Polar Bare Dip on Saturday, January 18, 2003 at 9:00 AM at Luther Burbank Park on the north end of Mercer Island (which lies in the middle of Lake Washington) in King County, Washington. This small kickoff event was used as a small promotional photo opportunity for the group, signaling our commitment to bringing clothing-free opportunities on public lands closer to the people of the cities and beyond.

Daniel, Kathy, and Mark take a dip into 45 degree F Lake Washington. Some images may be enlarged if you click on them. BFC images taken by KG.

The event is similar to other polar bare/bear swims with the unique difference, in part, being a tribute to Benjamin Franklin, known for insisting on taking his morning "air bath". His birthday is on the 17th of January.

Luther Burbank, the namesake for this park, was best known for his work in horticulture. He was also quite a free thinker: "I believe in the immortality of influence", he once said. The BFC believes that a small number of dedicated people working together, within their communities, can have a dramatic influence on public opinion and policy.

Luther Burbank Park is now home to King County Park System's administrative offices. We thought it would be symbolic to do a public action at the Park System's headquarters, and also arguably one of the metropolitan area's most beloved parks, still deemed off-limits for wholesome, clothing-free recreation.

As a native of Mercer Island, this is probably Daniel's first beach he ever went wading in as an infant .

documentation: photography, N magazine articles, Seattle P-I (and others)

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Daniel takes a dip in a cold waterfold along the Hoh River (Hoh Rainforest, Olympic National Park, WA) .

documentation: photography