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| Hiking | 7.20 Miles |
2,147 AEG |
| | Hiking | 7.20 Miles | 5 Hrs | | 1.44 mph |
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| no partners | | This hike was absolutely humbling. I spontaneously decided to take a trip to Flagstaff and planned to summit Humphreys but decided to do this hike instead. I am very glad that I did. The hike to the turn off wasn't as bad as I had been expecting- my cardio is definitely improving. Got a little lost trying to find the route at first before I spotted my first cairn. Followed them to the crash site with a lot of help from Route Scout.
I didn't know what to expect from this hike but as I came across the wreckage, I felt incredible awe. This was real. This had happened. I took my time, examining as much of the downed aircraft as I could. I was already planning my return with an earlier start and more daylight to thoroughly examine everything. Seeing the broken pieces changed something in me and I think I left a part of myself on the mountain that day, forever dancing with those airmen. Two weeks later, that hike is still affecting me and I have definitely become a different person in a very good way (though that is a part of a much larger journey that I have been on- a lot of my hikes are very healing for me). I cannot wait to go back and have more time with the plane, to sit and think and let go of the troubling parts of life.
This hike was amazing. There have been other downed aircraft around the San Francisco Peaks, I have learned, and although there are no routes for them, I intend to find them and sit with them in the same awe with which I saw this plane. My hike back was stupendously easy once I found the cairns and I kinda felt dumb for not catching them right when I started off route. Will definitely make it easy to find when I go back. With the cairns guiding you, the route finding really isn't that bad. I cut across the loose volcanic rocks until I sighted the wreckage than just made my way to the top and worked my way down. It was truly amazing to see just how far the wreck went, from the forest all the way to the top of the rocks. So very humbling. If anyone would like me to take them to this spot, I would be more than happy to! (And if anyone would like to help me find the other crash sites, hmu) |
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