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| partners | | Joe and I had been talking about this for awhile, it just so happened that Bart01 (Joel) mentioned he wanted to do it also. The recent trip by Johnnie and Glutz stirred up the need to do this, so we started putting a plan into motion.
We scoped out Google Earth and Topo maps to see what made the best sense. You can do all the map reading you want to, but you just aren't going to know until you get your feet on the ground and start plodding away.
Starting from the Moody TH, the Moody Point trail, and armed with some potential drop in points, I took us down to an area that looked feasible and dropped into the Canyon and followed the wash for the most part. There was some deadfall and trees to go through, but it really wasn't all that bad. Some of the maples showed a hint of changing color, but for the most part all was green down there.
For the most part you are going through maples and doing some down climbing and boulder hopping to get down. All was going real well and we started getting the feeling that we are going to get there pretty easily. At the .7 mile mark from dropping into the canyon, Joe yelled back "Did you guys bring a 400' rope?". At this point we could no longer follow the wash down as it dropped off about 250' to the canyon floor below. At this point by our GPS, we were only about 1/4 mile from the Ruins. We decide to go higher on the North wall of the canyon to try and get closer and at the very least get a view of the Ruins. We slowly bushwhacked our way around through thick underbrush and loose rocks, to a point at the Base of a 40' rock spire. Here we were .1 of a mile from the ruins and could not see them... Pumpkin... We knew they had to be nestled just around the corner, but no luck.
From this spire, it appeared that there was a possible route down, dropping straight south to get to the canyon floor. It would be a steep scramble down, and a steep scramble back up. After assessing our options, energy level, time of day, we retreated with our tails between our legs.
Got to see a Black Rattler on the way out.
Hopefully Joel's picture turned out better than mine.
Joe had control of the Video Camera again today....
Enjoy his view of the world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOiMxePABMU
(The first few snips are of the Workman Creek Falls on the way in)
I still had a great time out there. Bart01 (Joel) good to finally meet you and thanks for driving! |
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