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As I get higher, I look back (southwest) at the views behind me toward Willow Wash

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3560-willow-wash.jpg I decide to ignore the cliffs and keep hiking up the easier route in this drainage above Willow Wash; the top is not far aheadThumbnailsI zoom in closer and, yes, there is a slot in the cliffs that I might be able to hikeI decide to ignore the cliffs and keep hiking up the easier route in this drainage above Willow Wash; the top is not far aheadThumbnailsI zoom in closer and, yes, there is a slot in the cliffs that I might be able to hikeI decide to ignore the cliffs and keep hiking up the easier route in this drainage above Willow Wash; the top is not far aheadThumbnailsI zoom in closer and, yes, there is a slot in the cliffs that I might be able to hikeI decide to ignore the cliffs and keep hiking up the easier route in this drainage above Willow Wash; the top is not far aheadThumbnailsI zoom in closer and, yes, there is a slot in the cliffs that I might be able to hikeI decide to ignore the cliffs and keep hiking up the easier route in this drainage above Willow Wash; the top is not far aheadThumbnailsI zoom in closer and, yes, there is a slot in the cliffs that I might be able to hike

I can't stop looking at those cliffs to my left and wondering if I could climb through them. I'll zoom in a bit closer.