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The trail was beginning to get much more interesting as we attacked the hill.

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Dan, Bill and I made it up and we came back to help Mike and the others up.

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 The climb had two parts with a small semi-flat area in between. While the first section had lots of small rocks, the second section had several large rocks and low hanging trees. After a few more minor climbs, we reached the pass and began descending into the valley that Highway 4 runs along. This was tricky as the shelf road had off camber sections that tilted you towards a steep downhill slope. We also stopped to climb on a big granite outcropping.

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brianlast2.jpg (51864 bytes) After Dave came down, we realized there was no one following him. Some Jeepers came down and told us they had winched Mike off of a rock so the rest of the group was along shortly thereafter. Bill and Dan did the obstacle in reverse while we waited. davelast.jpg (49633 bytes)
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 The end of the trail was at the bottom of this rock descent so we aired up the tires of those who aired down and headed east on Highway 4 where we eventually hooked back up with Highway 88 to head west to the turn-off. We arrived at camp 8 hours after we left, around 7:30 pm. We stopped quite a bit on the trail, but we stretched it into a day. We had a good time, the weather cooperated, and no one broke anything. All in all, a good way to close out the year.

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