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The steep road ahead doesn't look right, so I take a long break on a big rock near here and get out my map

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00009-orestimba-creek-road-.jpg The steepest part of the climb is over for now and the old road switchbacks gently around the crest of the hill on a ledgeThumbnailsThe steep hills on each side of the canyon make it easy to forget that the road is descending fairly rapidlyThe steepest part of the climb is over for now and the old road switchbacks gently around the crest of the hill on a ledgeThumbnailsThe steep hills on each side of the canyon make it easy to forget that the road is descending fairly rapidlyThe steepest part of the climb is over for now and the old road switchbacks gently around the crest of the hill on a ledgeThumbnailsThe steep hills on each side of the canyon make it easy to forget that the road is descending fairly rapidlyThe steepest part of the climb is over for now and the old road switchbacks gently around the crest of the hill on a ledgeThumbnailsThe steep hills on each side of the canyon make it easy to forget that the road is descending fairly rapidlyThe steepest part of the climb is over for now and the old road switchbacks gently around the crest of the hill on a ledgeThumbnailsThe steep hills on each side of the canyon make it easy to forget that the road is descending fairly rapidly

I really need a water-and-Clif-bar break because it's over 100 degrees out here and I've hardly stopped during the 6.8 miles so far.

It turns out that I'm just above dry Robison Creek near the eastern Park boundary, and overshot the Robison Mountain Trail by almost 2.5 miles.

While I'm out here, a short walk down Robison Creek would be nice.... but it's time to turn back since I've already consumed four of the six litres of water that I started with. And there's little hope for finding more.

Besides, the heat is starting to get to me, whether I want to admit it or not.