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Circumnavigation of a Mesa


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


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2007-09-22: Something tells me I've been here before...
2007-09-22: Something tells me I've been here before...		 Downstream view of the previous photo
Downstream view of the previous photo		 Rock something (bamboo stick is six feet [1.8m] long)
Rock "something" (bamboo stick is six feet [1.8m] long)		 Rock something (bamboo stick is six feet [1.8m] long)
Rock "something" (bamboo stick is six feet [1.8m] long)		 Rock something
Rock "something"
Psychic transmitter 1: in use by a hiker
Psychic transmitter 1: in use by a hiker		 Fins of a sandstone Cadillac
Fins of a sandstone Cadillac		 Surrounded by canyons and fins
Surrounded by canyons and fins		 Battleship Galactica atop the mesa
Battleship Galactica atop the mesa		 Circumnavigated mesa, from Negro Bill Canyon
Circumnavigated mesa, from Negro Bill Canyon
Negro Bill Canyon
Negro Bill Canyon

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