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A bit above Hell's Gate, I turn back to see how much I've climbed since my rest stop there

mc1-000027-above-hells-gate.jpg An old rock wall along Daylight Pass RoadThumbnailsA side canyon just around the corner from my camp site in Monarch CanyonAn old rock wall along Daylight Pass RoadThumbnailsA side canyon just around the corner from my camp site in Monarch CanyonAn old rock wall along Daylight Pass RoadThumbnailsA side canyon just around the corner from my camp site in Monarch CanyonAn old rock wall along Daylight Pass RoadThumbnailsA side canyon just around the corner from my camp site in Monarch CanyonAn old rock wall along Daylight Pass RoadThumbnailsA side canyon just around the corner from my camp site in Monarch Canyon

Yes, I have risen. Yes, this is steeper than Beatty Cutoff was. Yes, I'm glad that endorphins have kicked in because I don't seem to have much real energy left and I'm not there yet.

It's a beautiful day.