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Delicious views as I arrive at a saddle high up in the Sleeping Beauty mountains

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3050-sleeping-beauty.jpg There's one of the Sleeping Beauty peaks up above me; how close can I get without getting vertigo?ThumbnailsI take a half-hour break on this saddle in the Sleeping Beauty mountains, eat an energy bar, and suck back more waterThere's one of the Sleeping Beauty peaks up above me; how close can I get without getting vertigo?ThumbnailsI take a half-hour break on this saddle in the Sleeping Beauty mountains, eat an energy bar, and suck back more waterThere's one of the Sleeping Beauty peaks up above me; how close can I get without getting vertigo?ThumbnailsI take a half-hour break on this saddle in the Sleeping Beauty mountains, eat an energy bar, and suck back more waterThere's one of the Sleeping Beauty peaks up above me; how close can I get without getting vertigo?ThumbnailsI take a half-hour break on this saddle in the Sleeping Beauty mountains, eat an energy bar, and suck back more waterThere's one of the Sleeping Beauty peaks up above me; how close can I get without getting vertigo?ThumbnailsI take a half-hour break on this saddle in the Sleeping Beauty mountains, eat an energy bar, and suck back more waterThere's one of the Sleeping Beauty peaks up above me; how close can I get without getting vertigo?ThumbnailsI take a half-hour break on this saddle in the Sleeping Beauty mountains, eat an energy bar, and suck back more water

Actually, it's not that high, only about 3800 feet elevation, but it's plenty high to have rewarding views. I love the specks on the desert below, which are probably individual creosote bushes.