Bouldered @ the pass for a while. Got a bit further on some of the problems I was working last time.

Was exploring out toward the west and up a non-trail when I felt something clamp down on the back of my leg in the bend directly behind my knee-cap.
I was sure something was biting me ...

Jumping cholla had wedged itself between my long shorts and the back of my leg.. Fighting the urge to swat it, I grabbed a long flat stone and pried it out of my leg and then out of my clothes....gnarly dude, I even yelped a bit, it surprised the hell out of me.