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I decide to ignore the cliffs and keep hiking up the easier route in this drainage above Willow Wash; the top is not far ahead

3552-willow-wash.jpg  I'm temped to try hiking up a slot in the rugged cliffs adjacent to the drainage above Willow WashThumbnailsAs I get higher, I look back (southwest) at the views behind me toward Willow Wash I'm temped to try hiking up a slot in the rugged cliffs adjacent to the drainage above Willow WashThumbnailsAs I get higher, I look back (southwest) at the views behind me toward Willow Wash I'm temped to try hiking up a slot in the rugged cliffs adjacent to the drainage above Willow WashThumbnailsAs I get higher, I look back (southwest) at the views behind me toward Willow Wash I'm temped to try hiking up a slot in the rugged cliffs adjacent to the drainage above Willow WashThumbnailsAs I get higher, I look back (southwest) at the views behind me toward Willow Wash I'm temped to try hiking up a slot in the rugged cliffs adjacent to the drainage above Willow WashThumbnailsAs I get higher, I look back (southwest) at the views behind me toward Willow Wash

I enjoy scampering up the little rock obstacles along the way here. Ahead on the right, it looks like there may have once been an old road cut here.