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I've made it down to that next saddle well below the Kelso Peak ridge line, and it will all be easier from here

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3651-kelso-peak.jpg I hike past a small patch of yellow flowers, which seem to be goldfields (the tiny ones) and tidy tips, the larger onesThumbnailsA few large rocks are blocking my ascent onto the ridge, so I slowly move across the slope in case there's an easy way upI hike past a small patch of yellow flowers, which seem to be goldfields (the tiny ones) and tidy tips, the larger onesThumbnailsA few large rocks are blocking my ascent onto the ridge, so I slowly move across the slope in case there's an easy way upI hike past a small patch of yellow flowers, which seem to be goldfields (the tiny ones) and tidy tips, the larger onesThumbnailsA few large rocks are blocking my ascent onto the ridge, so I slowly move across the slope in case there's an easy way upI hike past a small patch of yellow flowers, which seem to be goldfields (the tiny ones) and tidy tips, the larger onesThumbnailsA few large rocks are blocking my ascent onto the ridge, so I slowly move across the slope in case there's an easy way upI hike past a small patch of yellow flowers, which seem to be goldfields (the tiny ones) and tidy tips, the larger onesThumbnailsA few large rocks are blocking my ascent onto the ridge, so I slowly move across the slope in case there's an easy way up

I do need to adjust my course so that I land on one of the low ridges off to my right; if I keep heading straight down, I'll be on the wrong side of the Kelso Mountains for my return hike to camp!