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I check my GPS again and begin the climb into the McCullough Mountains, straight up this hill

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1779-blackbrush.jpg Waking up after the first night of a camping trip is always special; I've finally arrived. It was chilly overnight and I'm feeling exhausted from yesterday. I was so tired that I didn't wake up once during the night. It always takes a few days to build uThumbnailsI spy an old tree trunk on the McCullough Mountains ridge lineWaking up after the first night of a camping trip is always special; I've finally arrived. It was chilly overnight and I'm feeling exhausted from yesterday. I was so tired that I didn't wake up once during the night. It always takes a few days to build uThumbnailsI spy an old tree trunk on the McCullough Mountains ridge lineWaking up after the first night of a camping trip is always special; I've finally arrived. It was chilly overnight and I'm feeling exhausted from yesterday. I was so tired that I didn't wake up once during the night. It always takes a few days to build uThumbnailsI spy an old tree trunk on the McCullough Mountains ridge lineWaking up after the first night of a camping trip is always special; I've finally arrived. It was chilly overnight and I'm feeling exhausted from yesterday. I was so tired that I didn't wake up once during the night. It always takes a few days to build uThumbnailsI spy an old tree trunk on the McCullough Mountains ridge lineWaking up after the first night of a camping trip is always special; I've finally arrived. It was chilly overnight and I'm feeling exhausted from yesterday. I was so tired that I didn't wake up once during the night. It always takes a few days to build uThumbnailsI spy an old tree trunk on the McCullough Mountains ridge line

I think the plant covering most of the hill is blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima). It's quite rigid and somewhat thorny, another plant that you want to walk around.