daily cardio, saguaro measurement edition

The lower hill in the center has been calling me. It looked approachable from the relatively-gentle northwest side, which is the left slope in this pic:

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It was fairly strenuous and 90% covered with loose rock fragments. The weird thing was the loose rocks were remarkably stable with almost no slipping. I suspect the sharp edges on the fragments caused them to stick in place:

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Looking down on camp:

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the view to the southeast. The hike a couple days ago took us across that road and behind those hills a couple miles:

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Coming down the east side you can get a feel for some of the animal trails. There are four parallel trails in the pic:

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how big are the saguaro?

After returning to base level I took some pics using my walking stick for scale; the stick is just over 5 feet tall.

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just under 20ft?

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a little over 20ft?

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approx. one Muffin in height

Some flooding from last night’s storm, and of course she can’t help herself:

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everybody’s gone surfin’