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I prepare my backpack for the day and begin by walking down the short steep hill into the gulley behind Mid Hills campground

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02079-gulley.jpg I reach the bottom of the boulders and look back to see what I've just climbed down; I expect sore knees and thighs tomorrowThumbnailsI pass an unexpected manzanita shrub as I begin my way down the boulder pileI reach the bottom of the boulders and look back to see what I've just climbed down; I expect sore knees and thighs tomorrowThumbnailsI pass an unexpected manzanita shrub as I begin my way down the boulder pileI reach the bottom of the boulders and look back to see what I've just climbed down; I expect sore knees and thighs tomorrowThumbnailsI pass an unexpected manzanita shrub as I begin my way down the boulder pileI reach the bottom of the boulders and look back to see what I've just climbed down; I expect sore knees and thighs tomorrowThumbnailsI pass an unexpected manzanita shrub as I begin my way down the boulder pileI reach the bottom of the boulders and look back to see what I've just climbed down; I expect sore knees and thighs tomorrowThumbnailsI pass an unexpected manzanita shrub as I begin my way down the boulder pile

I'm carrying six litres of water, epipens in case of yellowjacket sting, a flashlight, three Clif bars, a small bag of almonds, some maps, my GPS unit, camera, extra batteries; I think that's all.