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It's a short steep climb out of the canyon, but I'm not experiencing any vertigo yet, which is good!

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7512-climbing.jpg Before I start climb up the adjacent hillside, I notice what I think is a young Palmer's penstemon sprouting in the canyon floorThumbnailsWhile climbing up the rocky hillside, I plow through a spider web by accident and have to brush this unusual spider off meBefore I start climb up the adjacent hillside, I notice what I think is a young Palmer's penstemon sprouting in the canyon floorThumbnailsWhile climbing up the rocky hillside, I plow through a spider web by accident and have to brush this unusual spider off meBefore I start climb up the adjacent hillside, I notice what I think is a young Palmer's penstemon sprouting in the canyon floorThumbnailsWhile climbing up the rocky hillside, I plow through a spider web by accident and have to brush this unusual spider off meBefore I start climb up the adjacent hillside, I notice what I think is a young Palmer's penstemon sprouting in the canyon floorThumbnailsWhile climbing up the rocky hillside, I plow through a spider web by accident and have to brush this unusual spider off meBefore I start climb up the adjacent hillside, I notice what I think is a young Palmer's penstemon sprouting in the canyon floorThumbnailsWhile climbing up the rocky hillside, I plow through a spider web by accident and have to brush this unusual spider off meBefore I start climb up the adjacent hillside, I notice what I think is a young Palmer's penstemon sprouting in the canyon floorThumbnailsWhile climbing up the rocky hillside, I plow through a spider web by accident and have to brush this unusual spider off me

My footing is fairly firm for the most part, and I enjoy climbing up places like this, as long as I don't have to climb back down.