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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2009, Spring: Mojave National Preserve / Day 12: Cima Dome (Sunrise Rock) to Pachalka Spring by bicycle, Mojave National Preserve /

As always, I look behind me frequently to see how much I've risen, to reassure myself that my work is creating progress

03792-pachalka-spring-road.jpg Pachalka Spring Road was climbing slowly at 3-5 percent grade for a while, but now the grade is 5-10 percentThumbnailsPachalka Spring Road has slowly made its way up onto a low ridgePachalka Spring Road was climbing slowly at 3-5 percent grade for a while, but now the grade is 5-10 percentThumbnailsPachalka Spring Road has slowly made its way up onto a low ridgePachalka Spring Road was climbing slowly at 3-5 percent grade for a while, but now the grade is 5-10 percentThumbnailsPachalka Spring Road has slowly made its way up onto a low ridgePachalka Spring Road was climbing slowly at 3-5 percent grade for a while, but now the grade is 5-10 percentThumbnailsPachalka Spring Road has slowly made its way up onto a low ridgePachalka Spring Road was climbing slowly at 3-5 percent grade for a while, but now the grade is 5-10 percentThumbnailsPachalka Spring Road has slowly made its way up onto a low ridge

One feature that I keep noticing behind me on the way up this grade is the Sawtooth, that distinct little notch in the distant mountains in the centre of this photo. I haven't visited that part of Mojave National Preserve.