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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2010, Mojave National Preserve / Day 2: Kelso Peak hike, Kelso Mountains, Mojave National Preserve /

The views across Kelso Mountains toward the Kelso Dunes, and the Granite Mountains beyond, are inspiring

3624-kelso-peak.jpg "So far, so good," I say to myself as I stop to enjoy a desert mallow and the views; I keep climbingThumbnailsI climb up to the Kelso Peak ridge line, using my hands at times, and realize that vertigo is setting in; a good place to rest"So far, so good," I say to myself as I stop to enjoy a desert mallow and the views; I keep climbingThumbnailsI climb up to the Kelso Peak ridge line, using my hands at times, and realize that vertigo is setting in; a good place to rest"So far, so good," I say to myself as I stop to enjoy a desert mallow and the views; I keep climbingThumbnailsI climb up to the Kelso Peak ridge line, using my hands at times, and realize that vertigo is setting in; a good place to rest"So far, so good," I say to myself as I stop to enjoy a desert mallow and the views; I keep climbingThumbnailsI climb up to the Kelso Peak ridge line, using my hands at times, and realize that vertigo is setting in; a good place to rest"So far, so good," I say to myself as I stop to enjoy a desert mallow and the views; I keep climbingThumbnailsI climb up to the Kelso Peak ridge line, using my hands at times, and realize that vertigo is setting in; a good place to rest

One thing that always amazes me when absorbing a view like this is that most of the hills in front of me never have human explorers. A handful of mountain climbers come out to this area for Kelso Peak, and that's about it.