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Here it is, Black Palisades, about a quarter mile in front of me

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03455-black-palisades.jpg I cross the power-line road and stare at its thread leading up the hill into the distance, toward CimaThumbnailsI stumble across a faint trace of an old road that passes by the west edge of Black PalisadesI cross the power-line road and stare at its thread leading up the hill into the distance, toward CimaThumbnailsI stumble across a faint trace of an old road that passes by the west edge of Black PalisadesI cross the power-line road and stare at its thread leading up the hill into the distance, toward CimaThumbnailsI stumble across a faint trace of an old road that passes by the west edge of Black PalisadesI cross the power-line road and stare at its thread leading up the hill into the distance, toward CimaThumbnailsI stumble across a faint trace of an old road that passes by the west edge of Black PalisadesI cross the power-line road and stare at its thread leading up the hill into the distance, toward CimaThumbnailsI stumble across a faint trace of an old road that passes by the west edge of Black Palisades

I'm about 400 feet above Nipton here. This isn't very high up, but it is 90 degrees this afternoon and there's no shade to be had anywhere, so hiking needs to be done at a leisurely pace.