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I go for a walk around the Morning Star Mine Road corral to cool down a little

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03588-morning-star-mine-roa.jpg After almost two hours of climbing, I reach the corral, my favourite landmark (one of the only ones) on Morning Star Mine RoadThumbnailsBehind the Morning Star Mine Road corral is a dirt road that crosses the fan to the base of the New York MountainsAfter almost two hours of climbing, I reach the corral, my favourite landmark (one of the only ones) on Morning Star Mine RoadThumbnailsBehind the Morning Star Mine Road corral is a dirt road that crosses the fan to the base of the New York MountainsAfter almost two hours of climbing, I reach the corral, my favourite landmark (one of the only ones) on Morning Star Mine RoadThumbnailsBehind the Morning Star Mine Road corral is a dirt road that crosses the fan to the base of the New York MountainsAfter almost two hours of climbing, I reach the corral, my favourite landmark (one of the only ones) on Morning Star Mine RoadThumbnailsBehind the Morning Star Mine Road corral is a dirt road that crosses the fan to the base of the New York MountainsAfter almost two hours of climbing, I reach the corral, my favourite landmark (one of the only ones) on Morning Star Mine RoadThumbnailsBehind the Morning Star Mine Road corral is a dirt road that crosses the fan to the base of the New York Mountains

After 940 feet of elevation gain and 8.5 miles of slow uphill, I'm about 2/3 up the hill. The faint coolness in the wind at this elevation feels great and efficiently converts my generous sweat into salt residue. But my water is hot.