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Alone hikers beware - Tucson

Postby azdesertfather » Dec 13 2011 10:59 pm

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A 20-year-old woman running along Tucson's Old Spanish Trail was...


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Re: Alone hikers beware - Tucson

Postby azbackpackr » Dec 14 2011 4:24 am

Just so the Phoenix folks know, Old Spanish Trail is not a trail, but a busy paved road. It does go through some less-populated desert, with sparsely scattered houses on big lots, though. Sounds to me like the guy saw her, pulled off on a side road ahead of her, then walked through the desert to try to waylay her as she ran by.
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Re: Alone hikers beware - Tucson

Postby jeffmacewen » Dec 19 2011 11:30 am

There's a lot of traffic out there, actually. Now that Vail blew up, lots of folks commute up through there to get to Speedway\Broadway, etc...
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