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While climbing up the rocky hillside, I plow through a spider web by accident and have to brush this unusual spider off me

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7519-spider.jpg It's a short steep climb out of the canyon, but I'm not experiencing any vertigo yet, which is good!ThumbnailsOn top of this hill above the canyon, I now have a clear vista across Ivanpah ValleyIt's a short steep climb out of the canyon, but I'm not experiencing any vertigo yet, which is good!ThumbnailsOn top of this hill above the canyon, I now have a clear vista across Ivanpah ValleyIt's a short steep climb out of the canyon, but I'm not experiencing any vertigo yet, which is good!ThumbnailsOn top of this hill above the canyon, I now have a clear vista across Ivanpah ValleyIt's a short steep climb out of the canyon, but I'm not experiencing any vertigo yet, which is good!ThumbnailsOn top of this hill above the canyon, I now have a clear vista across Ivanpah ValleyIt's a short steep climb out of the canyon, but I'm not experiencing any vertigo yet, which is good!ThumbnailsOn top of this hill above the canyon, I now have a clear vista across Ivanpah ValleyIt's a short steep climb out of the canyon, but I'm not experiencing any vertigo yet, which is good!ThumbnailsOn top of this hill above the canyon, I now have a clear vista across Ivanpah Valley

I don't think I've seen this kind of large spider before. It camouflages with the rocks. I think I also lightly poked my hand with a small cactus needle on the way up the hill and am hoping that I was not bitten by this spider!