Into the chamise and the crawling portion of the climb. The chamise was dry and shedding which got all over everything. I wasn't able to see through the foliage, so I headed in and hoped for the best.
11/24/2005 11:45 AM
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Emerging on hands and knees from the chamise thicket into the grassy area on the south slope of Miller Mountain. Pine Valley now visible again in the background.
11/24/2005 11:52 AM
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The chamise thicket was the worst of it and the remainder of the route had more easily navigatible chaparral.
11/24/2005 12:08 PM
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Up on the summit looking back down at Pine Valley.
11/24/2005 12:17 PM
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The Miller Mountain summit cairn. Looked around for a USGS marker, but didn't see one. Uncle Sam (center), Elephant Mountain (right) and Puerto Suello gap (left) on the horizen.
11/24/2005 12:18 PM
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360 degree panorama from the Miller Mountain summit.
11/25/2005 12:18 PM
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Looking across at Ventana Cone and the Pine Ridge from Miller Mountain. (Here's a shot looking back at Miller from the Pine Ridge. 11/24/2005 12:19 PM
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Uncle Sam and Elephant Mountain from the Miller Mountain summit.
Last comment 12/01/2005.
11/24/2005 12:24 PM
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I followed the spine of the ridge down from the peak, which didn't really turn out to be any easier or harder than the route I had ascended. It was slightly easier to get through the chamise from above.
11/24/2005 12:26 PM
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