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April 13th cont'd  13th [[boxed]] 2 [[/boxed]]
seemed particularly bad, & abundant & required pretty constant cutting (if not blazing to find our way back).

 Lava dykes much fractured, some loose pieces with danger of turning ankles most of the time. // going we cut brush off steep slopes unwittingly where it would have helped our return trip ^[[when]] descending these same steep slopes. Climbing up steep "hillocks" or piles of lava (or lava dykes) seemed easier and safer than coming down, - coming down there was always the danger of slipping and being precipitated into a giant cactus of which one always seemed to stand near the best place for going up and down; if not falling down the slope onto other rocks below.

 These large Opuntia's made grand land marks when tip of pad was sliced off, or if trunk was blazed on the side

  I wonder how serious an injury this is to a cactus; or do they have ready powers of repair? How some repaired, & ? if ^[[cutting may be done]] without great detriment to plant.

Transcription Notes:
Going we cut brush off of steep slopes