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Some of these rollers are steep drop-offs that are too slippery and steep for me to ride down or up

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006_3-powerline-drop-800px.jpg Well, well, there turns out to be a series of big rollers here on the way down. I've just come down the first.ThumbnailsFinally, I've come out of the mountains enough to see the entire Powerline Road and Kelso Dunes ahead of meWell, well, there turns out to be a series of big rollers here on the way down. I've just come down the first.ThumbnailsFinally, I've come out of the mountains enough to see the entire Powerline Road and Kelso Dunes ahead of meWell, well, there turns out to be a series of big rollers here on the way down. I've just come down the first.ThumbnailsFinally, I've come out of the mountains enough to see the entire Powerline Road and Kelso Dunes ahead of meWell, well, there turns out to be a series of big rollers here on the way down. I've just come down the first.ThumbnailsFinally, I've come out of the mountains enough to see the entire Powerline Road and Kelso Dunes ahead of meWell, well, there turns out to be a series of big rollers here on the way down. I've just come down the first.ThumbnailsFinally, I've come out of the mountains enough to see the entire Powerline Road and Kelso Dunes ahead of me

Time for hike-a-bike! Even walking the bike down the hill requires some care and significant braking.

I was expecting one of those awesome long downhills into the desert that makes a long hill climb worth the effort, so I'm feeling a bit cheated out of that by all these uphills on the way down!