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| Hiking | 18.25 Miles |
4,800 AEG |
| | Hiking | 18.25 Miles | 8 Hrs | | 2.28 mph |
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| partners | | Went out today to hike an area of the trails around Sheep Mountain that we thought no one else had tried. It seemed like this week so much of the focus had been along GPSJoe's tracks along the Peeley/Sheep Ridgeline that maybe we should consider the area along the AZT along around Thicket Spring.
Metup for the drive north at the big shopping area south of US60 at Cooper at 3am. The parking lot was overwhelmed with cars, taking us several minutes just to get out of the lot! (Culprit? The AMC's midnight release of Harry Potter 
We started out about 5:30am at the start to the segment along the Bushnell Tanks exit from 87 and quickly made our way up. We spotted a couple of deer and a dead, rotting, half-eaten cow along the way, but mostly a quiet morning. I wasn't paying attention at one point and we got off trail and added on another mile. Stopped for lunch at the intersection of Sheep Trail & Thicket Spring, nice shaded area. Just beyond that we found one abandoned mine, mostly filled will scrap sheet metal so we didn't venture to climb over all that.
Look very carefully along the way, especially the northern half of the trail, for any signs of the ordinary. I wondered if maybe he had abandoned plans and decided to try to bushwack toward Thicket Spring for water, but the underbrush is so amazingly thick...we were even bushwhacking on the trail itself, densely overgrown and steep along Sheep Mountain.
Ran into Grasshopper and Sun Hiker along the trail, who had with them one of GPSJoe's son's friends from Chicago, who flew out for support. Also spent a good while talking with GPSJoe's son Christian and his wife at the trailhead. Talked briefly with nonot and dround, good to meet you guys.
Praying for a breakthrough tomorrow, before the precip rolls in! |
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