On a previous trip to Moab, during which I hiked from Sand Flats down into Negro Bill Canyon, I saw a mesa that called to me. Based on aerial views from Google Earth I had the slim hope that a scrambling route to the top of the mesa existed on its northeast side.

To my delight, such a route not only existed, it was like a set of rock steps---easy as pie. Once on top, I walked around the perimeter of the mesa's top, circumnavigating a fin at its center. Thus I performed a small circumnavigation inside a larger one.

The mesa is at the center of this WikiMapia aerial view