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| | Hiking | 8.50 Miles | 9 Hrs 45 Mns | | 0.87 mph |
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| no partners | | It's amazing to see how this mountain never looks quite the same. With all of the recent rains, erosion has done a number on the trail, and tall grass now obscures it for much of the ascent. The creek was actually running quite well through the campsite/trailhead, and that's the first time I've seen running water on this mountain. Shorts were retrospectively a bad move, at least on the part of Adam and myself. Taylor and Sam were much wiser, and didn't come away with a few dozen catclaw souvenirs, but who knew the normally-dry Baboquivari would turn into a "jungle"?
3 hours(ish) to the base of the Ramp, and a few scrambling minutes later meant it was time for a reprieve of the Ladder Pitch. Nerves are progressively getting less noticeable each time leading it, but still gets the adrenaline going a little, which is probably healthy. First-time outdoor climbers Taylor and Sam breezed up the pitch, and I think I probably worked harder trying to belay them than they did ascending. Amazing! Adam followed in similar fashion. Now well ahead of schedule, up the trail we went. Well, I think it's a fine trail, but others took issue with my choice of descriptive words for this part of the trip....The sunny, breezy top is always a great perch, and the summit log offers entertainment, although we were joined by about 50,000 unidentified insects that had claimed the summit area for their, uh, summit activities.
Down to the rappel spot and 3 failed throws later (hey, 2/5 gets the job done in the end), we reconvened at the base of the Pitch with nothing but a sunny hike downhill to go. It's always about this time of day that the words "cooler" and "beer" dominate small-talk. It happens.
Great group, very smooth day, and the sunset light show on this descent is always a great finale. Hope to see you again, Babo! |
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