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| | Hiking | 12.20 Miles | 8 Hrs 30 Mns | | 1.63 mph |
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| no partners | | I have not done Pima Canyon to Kimball since 2013. It is a really beautiful hike, and I wonder if part of the reason I had not done this since was the trail's need for maintenance. Downed trees I remember being in place on my first hike here in 2012 are still laying over the trail, and new slides and rock falls from the heavy rains over the last year have had an affect as well. Plus, it's a hard hike!
Seems most who hike Kimball come from Finger Rock, logically, but this is so much nicer for the scenery, views, and wildlife sounds. I love the upper trail parts, too. Pima has a lot more water in it, and the upper cliffs are so nice to walk among. Too bad it takes as long as it does to get to them, but that is part of what makes it so nice. Still hard to believe that just over a rock ridge is Oro Valley, urban sprawl, and noise. Well, until to you accidentally take a social trail to a ridge and see and hear it! Oh, any very steep south facing slopes with trails are probably wrong and not the trail. Grass over grew a lot of the trail during the last 2 heavy monsoons, so it isn't always obvious.
I started late becuase I had things to do. I was still tired from Kimball on Friday, moved slowly and developed a nice large blister on my right 2nd toe. Hopefully, that won't hold me back, but I think a hike this big and hard was too much to jump to in Sandals. I probably need more Blackett's Ridge, or similar, hikes. I was on the summit just before and after 4 PM, and hiked down and out by 8:30, but not before I scared a solo female backpacker below the grinding stone area, and then moved super slowly back to my car with all manner of physical pain in the lower body. I constantly remind myself of a few things. First, I have had this issue every spring over the last few years when I visited Tucson and hiked 4000'+ hikes, and I have had worse at times. What is new is related to the Sandals, but that was a choice. I just seem to be able to maintain a fitness level for 2000' hikes with ease, but 4000'+ is either not natural for me, or is beyond what my body wants to maintain. |
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Wildflowers Observation Moderate
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Pima Spring |
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