Does he have a chip?

Firefighters making a stand at Highway 188

https://wildfiretoday.com/2020/06/19/fi ... f-phoenix/

seems like this really blew up behind four peaks in the last hour or so

i always wear a visor, which shades my face somewhat and keep sweat out of my eyes
aside from that, let it flow
i do not subscribe to the @cannondalekid or @bifrost method of covering up
always wear a tank top if it's over 60ish
but then i'm not usually out all day, either

mostly being facetious, deliberately mixing up restrictions
but i do think it's overkill
no need for a scolding
i can always say i'm going to the store to buy toilet paper
or hike at 0520 instead of 0500

i find it interesting that he didn't discuss with the mayors of tucson or phoenix beforehand
wonder if i'll get stopped on my way to work?
i might try driving over to mormon trail anyway tomorrow
it will be almost light at 0430
isn't hiking an essential activity?

@Peakster We didn't leave anything behind. You can rig webbing and cordage to pull when you pull handline. Grottogirl has a photo, will post if I can find it. Pretty sure 50 feet of rope is enough for drop, you pull rope from water. Have you rapelled before? Look at some photosets. 20 foot waterfal...

bolts at the big drop
so you need biner, harness and rope unless you want to jump
cactuscat and i rigged a hand line down one sketchy spot earlier
might want to use gps track for where to enter canyon
we wandered around a bit, and kelly had done it before

Willow Springs Canyon area is probably as good as it gets this also check out some exploratory gps tracks from @hikerdw , @dixieflyer , @cannondalekid, @azlot69 post a route and a triplog when you're done, to contribute to the database part of the fun of the goldfields is that it's not officially m...

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or base camp and do all the cool hikes as dayhikes

could we go ahead and lock this thread?
I wasn't even the author - it was a spinoff
geez

Costco online has a good flavor selection

currently on sale: https://www.costco.com/Zipfizz-Healthy- ... 18793.html

I like the lime, peach/mango, blueberry/raspberry and pink grapefruit
no citrus available

let me reorder these:
1. water
2. coffee (for me)
3. beer (for my hiking partners)
4. zipfizz (after)

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/lo ... 236168001/

https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/06/us/half- ... index.html

I would like to see some follow up on this story