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As some of you may know, HAZ member jonnybackpack has opened Gilbert's first brewery, the Arizona Wilderness Brewing Company.

The decor features a rustic outdoor theme, and the walls are lined with awesome nature photography. Beers and menu items are named after wilderness areas in Arizona.

In the hallway leading to the restrooms, the pub has begun to allow visitors to post photos of themselves visiting Wilderness Areas.

Do you want to be famous?! I will donate the 19¢ to print a 4x6 if you send me a link (if it's on HAZ or elsewhere online) or PM me your photo file and give me permission to tack it to their wall! (There are already 15-20 photos up and some feature HAZzers!)

Of course, the preferred option would be for you to bring in your own photo, put it on the wall yourself, and then enjoy a pint or two over a tasty burger.

Photos should include hikers (preferably you) in front of a sign designating a wilderness area. (Example: http://hikearizona.com/photo=303286).

If you have photos of out-of-state wilderness signs, that's ok too. I think there are 3-4 in AZ that will be very well represented. The less-frequently visited ones will be nice to see too. So while a sign without people in it is not preferred, if you have one that says Aleutian Islands Wilderness or something similar, I don't think there would be many complaints even if it is just a sign with no hikers in it.

For the record, there are 88 Wilderness Areas in Arizona. It would be neat if eventually there were photos from all of them!

9 months in, the wall at azw has birthed the following:

62 photos
17 wilderness areas
1 Machu Picchu while wearing an azwilderness shirt

16 Superstition
5 Kachina

4 Cedar Bench
Pine Mountain

3 Mazatzal
Apache Creek
Red Rock Secret Mountain

2 Granite Mountain
Juniper Mesa
Saddle Mountain

1 Sierra Ancha
Hellsgate
Kendrick
Salome
Miller Peak

Plus two non-az wildernesses
John Muir
Agua Tibia

And yes. I know the math doesn't add up. Don't ask questions.

By quick count I see 37 different HAZ members, and two dogs (Daisy and Blanco).

Get your photos in! Either print and bring to the pub, or post here or send me a pm and I'll do print them for you.


Less visited wildernesses such as Cedar Bench, Juniper Mesa, and Apache Creek are over represented because Jon and the legend of Pat Rick have been on trips there. Maybe you should go too!?

But you'd think we'd have more Mazatzal photos. And Sierra Ancha. (Richard? Lee? Larry? Hank?) ;)

chumley wrote:17 wilderness areas

70 more to go except don't think they all have signs ;)

(Daisy and Blanco).

"WTF where are we"

Bruno and Cupcake

@friendofThundergod
I have a funny feeling brunoP will be up there before June. :whistle:

Here's one from me

http://hikearizona.com/photo=377536

chumley wrote:62 photos
17 wilderness areas

When I ventured out there last month I believe that Chumley was in most of these...

What, no West Clear Creek?!

@chumley
I don't see one for Siphon Draw? http://hikearizona.com/photo=173041

Since my wife is up there, maybe I should be too? http://hikearizona.com/photo=184867

Thanks Chumley!

@Bradshaws
Wow sounds like a great wilderness area ;)

@paulhubbard
Siphon draw isn't a wilderness area. It's in the superstition wilderness. There are quite a few photos there.

@friendofThundergod
And the namesake of the wet beaver wit beer.
It's actually pink.
Brewed with beets!

http://hikearizona.com/photo=381647 It does say MAzatzal Wilderness on the sign.

http://hikearizona.com/photo=415054 here is a Miller Peak Wilderness one

I'll pm you some others.

Brunop haz been to the brewery...so that should count

desertgirl got one of all of us at the Four Peaks Wilderness sign (which I don't see on your list)


And tibber got one of me and Shawn (but it's in a collage here, maybe she'd be willing to separate it out "for the cause" ;) )

chumley wrote:@paulhubbard
Siphon draw isn't a wilderness area. It's in the superstition wilderness. There are quite a few photos there.

I did know that, I just did spot any of that particular sign.

I see me! I see me!

Should be able to get one of the Black Forest Wilderness at PeFo in September and some from Colorado or Utah over the summer.

Rob del Desierto wrote: Colorado or Utah over the summer

Tortoise Hiker wrote:

Rob del Desierto wrote: Colorado or Utah over the summer

I'm going to be working in Fruita, Colorado, running the field program for the Museum of Western Colorado.

Good to see Tibber got right on it and the guys posted the pictures of Tracy (paintninaz). We stopped by there today for lunch with Tracy's daughter and son-in-law. Hopefully the trauma of seeing her mother's photo plastered on a bar room wall won't have any lasting negative implications for the young woman. ;)

Sredfield wrote:Good to see Tibber got right on it and the guys posted the pictures of Tracy (paintninaz). We stopped by there today for lunch with Tracy's daughter and son-in-law. Hopefully the trauma of seeing her mother's photo plastered on a bar room wall won't have any lasting negative implications for the young woman. ;)

I think all credit goes to Chumley for making the photos and putting them up. :thanx:

having photo plastered on a bar room wall won't have any lasting negative implications