Catalina death march revival? October

sarichter · Post by **sarichter** » Jun 28 2009 8:41 pm

well seeing that this one died previously because of scheduling between various parties... i thought it might make sense to try to plan this one early and knock it out in the fall. anyone still interested?

October and November seem like the months most likely to work.

big_load · Post by **big_load** » Jun 28 2009 8:49 pm

The timing might be OK for me. Mid-late November is better.

dysfunction · Post by **dysfunction** » Jun 28 2009 9:18 pm

I'll be in the Canyon in mid October, if it's late-late Oct, or Nov I could very well be down for it. This going Sutherland or up Romero to Lemmon?

sarichter · Post by **sarichter** » Jun 29 2009 6:35 am

dysfunction wrote:I'll be in the Canyon in mid October, if it's late-late Oct, or Nov I could very well be down for it. This going Sutherland or up Romero to Lemmon?

don't care, i imagine we'll get enough takers that we can re-convene and select one.

nonot · Post by **nonot** » Jun 29 2009 7:07 pm

I like the sound of "Death March"! I've not been to the catalinas so I have no preference. I'll wait to hear a date but I will have some conflicts in October.

Jeffshadows · Post by **Jeffshadows** » Jun 29 2009 7:09 pm

It might have been Nick who coined the hiking "death march" moniker...

BobP · Post by **BobP** » Jun 29 2009 7:10 pm

If its Romero im in. If its Sutherland

dysfunction · Post by **dysfunction** » Jun 29 2009 7:24 pm

In response to rlrjamy:
yea, Sutherland kind of scares me too

I'll have to up my weekly runs

sarichter · Post by **sarichter** » Jun 30 2009 7:35 am

rlrjamy wrote:If its Romero im in. If its Sutherland

bob, don't lie... nothing scares you

BobP · Post by **BobP** » Jun 30 2009 8:05 am

Okay I'm in. I hear Romero is nice in October and Sutherland isn't

BobP · Post by **BobP** » Jul 13 2009 9:03 am

Okay after doing the Pumpkin/bull basin loop. I though a good warmup for this death march would be go up Kendrick trail then down Bull Basin then backup Pumpkin and down Kendrick... as a day hike. Lots of miles(about 20) and elevation gain(close to 6k) and altitude

. Who's game ;) ?

sarichter · Post by **sarichter** » Jul 13 2009 12:15 pm

rlrjamy wrote:Okay after doing the Pumpkin/bull basin loop. I though a good warmup for this death march would be go up Kendrick trail then down Bull Basin then backup Pumpkin and down Kendrick... as a day hike. Lots of miles(about 20) and elevation gain(close to 6k) and altitude . Who's game ;) ?

considering i didn't fair that well during apache... i think i should get in better shape. any suggestion on dates? i have deadlines this week and next so i'm going to have to reserve time for that.

BobP · Post by **BobP** » Jul 13 2009 1:14 pm

I just want to do something some what comparable in terms of mileage and elevation before tackling Lemmon. Maybe in late Aug or early Sept.

sarichter · Post by **sarichter** » Jul 13 2009 3:08 pm

rlrjamy wrote:I just want to do something some what comparable in terms of mileage and elevation before tackling Lemmon. Maybe in late Aug or early Sept.

name a date then and i should be able to tackle it. i'm going to make sure i bring the moleskin and cut the nails this time!

azdesertfather · Post by **azdesertfather** » Jul 13 2009 10:53 pm

sounds good to me...i'm in

azdesertfather · Post by **azdesertfather** » Jul 13 2009 11:00 pm

6360 AEG? Allrightee!! Just check TrailDex, only 6 other hikes currently in HAZ for Arizona with a bigger AEG

BTW Joe, I just noticed that Box Spring Trail is listed as 6,720 AEG on a hike that's only 0.8 miles long. That would be SOME trip!

Probably more like 150 ft AEG

joebartels · Post by **joebartels** » Jul 13 2009 11:05 pm

Looks to be -900 & 157 AEG in the direction posted, I'll edit it. Perhaps Jeff was posting that stat from beginning of the hike and not just that leg?

azdesertfather · Post by **azdesertfather** » Jul 13 2009 11:32 pm

yeah, maybe you're right. thanks joe. i'm thinking it was just the elevation figure for the end of the trail, which according to the HAZ hikebot post is about that elevation.

JimmyLyding · Post by **JimmyLyding** » Jul 13 2009 11:43 pm

Bob, what about Barnhardt-Y Bar loop in the Mazatzals for a training hike? Or we could do Squaw Peak 6 times in a row?

BobP · Post by **BobP** » Jul 14 2009 5:59 am

I've done Squaw 5 times in a row but thats just boring. Barnhardt y bar sounds good.

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