Inner Basin Trail #29, proof below.....

http://hikearizona.com/photo.php?ZIP=43816

cindyl wrote:I know there is at least one other marker that is from a foreign country (chumley)

That sounds like the one from my hike in Serbia last summer on Suva Planina.

Umm, how is the HAZ fatality warning not posted at the bottom of this thread?

Tortoise Hiker wrote:Your new pic looks mean

I thought this should be his new avatar:

I feel privileged now that I'm in the pantheon of having started a thread that's lived on over the 5 year mark. I went back and read the beginning, and one thing that I seem to have left out was on that particular hike, I had deliberately worn an overnight backpack and stuffed it full of gear to mak...

"Am I going to go to hell"? There is no god, so no. On one hand, the one cliche that comes to mind is "no snow flake thinks of themself as responsible for an avalanche". On the other hand, most of those rules/laws are made in mind with the worst case scenario in mind in terms of...

The views from FH today were spectacular. snow line is very low. 4Peaks covered, snow on the flatiron and weaver's needle and on the Goldfields even. Later in the evening there was sleet in mesa collecting on the cars.

@Grasshopper I remember that hike. a 4WD for getting to the TH is absolutely mandatory. the creek crossing can be almost impossible if it's rained recently. I would say the trail is definitely there, but it's very steep with a LOT of loose dirt and rock towards the top. The last half mile is nearly...

For the record, my family and I put the new Camelbaks to good use in 2012 and they're barely broken in. Raring up for another good year in 2013!

@Al_HikesAZ I just root for another team. I moved here in 1999 and never looked back. Even my visits are few and far between. I tend to notice the parochialism from back where I'm from amongst those who never left. as someone who's moved away, you're viewed almost as a traitor or someone who thinks...

I don't think he was rich already. The area of Ftn HIlls he lives in is the cheaper section. Almost even a little ghetto by Ftn HIlls standards.

kingsnake wrote:If there's any justice in the world, it will be a yard crew

I hit the convenience stores there with regularity and come to think of it, that scenario is extremely likely. and might even explain the delay in the winner stepping forward.

@SuperstitionGuy

Bring an unmarked car, ski masks, and a bat. we'll see if I can recognize anyone. I work in FH and sometimes buy tickets at that store when jackpots get big. but not last week.

where exactly is 4740 E. University in Phoenix?

Alston Neal wrote:I would never go to a country that doesn't drink adult beverages

So you won't be doing any hikes on the Navajo Nation then?

I haven't hiked Camelback in almost 10 years and I'm considering it this month to take my kids for their first time. Sounds like the parking has got even worse. Might have to reconsider.

My wife's family likes to use the rakija to disinfect wounds sometimes, actually. I just find it better to drink it.

Al_HikesAZ wrote:He knows his aches & pains - and he Stillernate's his way right through them

I just keep going like the Terminator (complete with the limp and crazy look on my face), hence the name change.

It could still be even with achilles pain. I had some achilles pain from time to time. The tendon gets frayed right where it connects to your heel, so that's why you get heel pain. The big telltale symptom is if it hurts for your first few steps in the morning when you wake up. If you have that, the...