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Honoring the Ancestors of Mount Diablo: Miwok, Yokut, and Ohlone &
Remembering Adam Williams, whose mother took his life on the summit in July '09

Individual prayer bundles

Prayer bundles wrapped into one big bundle

Prayer bundle, prayer stick, and pack on meditation peak

Baby for despacho made of grape vines

 
Baby made of grape vines, then placed in despacho & fed with food and offerings to Apu Diablo

View from where baby despacho was buried. Notice orb in center of picture.

Jizos to honor baby & child spirits that die prematurely including the Palo Alto teen suicide victims.

  
Jizos placed in chert crevices on summit. Chert is made from the skeletons of tiny marine animals that formed an ocean floor many, many years ago.

 
The hikers on the trail

   
 Hiking up to the morning meditation spot

 
Meditation with a view