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I've made it up over the hump on Chloride Cliff Road on the way out of Monarch Canyon

mc2-000003-over-hump.jpg I've made it up to the ridge and have great views toward my campsite down below Sleeping Beauty (which I can't see yet)ThumbnailsI've made it down to that next saddle well below the Kelso Peak ridge line, and it will all be easier from hereI've made it up to the ridge and have great views toward my campsite down below Sleeping Beauty (which I can't see yet)ThumbnailsI've made it down to that next saddle well below the Kelso Peak ridge line, and it will all be easier from hereI've made it up to the ridge and have great views toward my campsite down below Sleeping Beauty (which I can't see yet)ThumbnailsI've made it down to that next saddle well below the Kelso Peak ridge line, and it will all be easier from hereI've made it up to the ridge and have great views toward my campsite down below Sleeping Beauty (which I can't see yet)ThumbnailsI've made it down to that next saddle well below the Kelso Peak ridge line, and it will all be easier from hereI've made it up to the ridge and have great views toward my campsite down below Sleeping Beauty (which I can't see yet)ThumbnailsI've made it down to that next saddle well below the Kelso Peak ridge line, and it will all be easier from here

Life will be fun and easy for a while. I begin the ride down from here at around 3700 feet elevation to Death Valley, which is a bit below sea level.