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I consider climbing back down to the wash and trying a less rocky route up over the hill, but I might as well continue upward

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6088-rocks.jpg Up on the rock-pile hill, it seems that everything is steep going up and steep going down, with neither direction being bestThumbnailsI make it back to the Barnett Mine area at sunset, pick up the bicycle, and ride the 10 miles back to camp in dusk and darkUp on the rock-pile hill, it seems that everything is steep going up and steep going down, with neither direction being bestThumbnailsI make it back to the Barnett Mine area at sunset, pick up the bicycle, and ride the 10 miles back to camp in dusk and darkUp on the rock-pile hill, it seems that everything is steep going up and steep going down, with neither direction being bestThumbnailsI make it back to the Barnett Mine area at sunset, pick up the bicycle, and ride the 10 miles back to camp in dusk and darkUp on the rock-pile hill, it seems that everything is steep going up and steep going down, with neither direction being bestThumbnailsI make it back to the Barnett Mine area at sunset, pick up the bicycle, and ride the 10 miles back to camp in dusk and darkUp on the rock-pile hill, it seems that everything is steep going up and steep going down, with neither direction being bestThumbnailsI make it back to the Barnett Mine area at sunset, pick up the bicycle, and ride the 10 miles back to camp in dusk and darkUp on the rock-pile hill, it seems that everything is steep going up and steep going down, with neither direction being bestThumbnailsI make it back to the Barnett Mine area at sunset, pick up the bicycle, and ride the 10 miles back to camp in dusk and dark

I go into high-speed mode climbing the rocks and am happy when I reach the final, less rocky, uphill stretch, which feels like a 45-degree angle at times. I can climb uphill quite well, as long as I don't look back and let vertigo set in.