Weiszbrod drives us slowly up the switchbacks of 9, 000-foot Kimball Mountain under a starry sky and a waning moon that is just past full, a bright thumb with a dirty fingernail.

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Not to mention when it was a waning moon!

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In the dark, under a starry sky and a waning moon, Todd and I drove up the side of Kimball Mountain, one of the last large peaks on the westernmost slope of the Rockies.

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Only days earlier, the courtroom had seen humor in the question of whether jurors would understand references to a "waning" or "waxing" moon.

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