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| partners | | Finally, checked this one off the bucket list. It was good to meet Chumley and Bob P. as those guys are always great help answering my questions on this site. It's cool to see the faces behind the posts. I'm not a big fan of heights and hiking along drop offs on unmaintained trails so told myself I would never do this hike again, but now after a few days of retrospect there are still some things I didn't get a chance to see down there like the sipapu so can see myself doing this again. For the most part the drop offs aren't straight down, but still nothing I would want to go sliding down if I lost my footing.
I took my german shepherd mix, but wouldn't do that to her again. The hike in she was fine, but the hike out took a toll on her paws, but she persevered and is walking normal around the house again. She's 9 1/2 so not sure how many hikes like this she has left in her so everyone of these adventures with her and my hiking buddies is a treasure to remember.
Just had a blast swimming in the pools and I left a brand new two man (max weight 340 lbs) inflatable boat at the chub camp that I never got to use. You need a small bellows pump like this: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000PTKQDM?tag=hikearizona and some collapsible oars like this: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CSUHBGQ?tag=hikearizona if you really want to raft it up down there. Oh and a patch kit I'm sure would come in handy as well.
I wouldn't pack 16 liters of water again as the LCR water was fine. We had no issues and mixed it with food and drink mixes and we were good. Thanks to Pete, Joe and Bret for helping me get my dog up and down some of the tougher spots and being chums and helping carry her dogpack. Wasn't really good terrain to load up Rio with a pack to harness.
Also, would love to get the gps coordinates and/or directions to the lookout for next time. Like the idea of confirming blue water before heading down. Til next time and I'll post some pics of the pup... |
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| | | Next time I'll drink this water vs. the LCR. It doesn't have the silt. Much better for the filter. | | _____________________
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