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| Backpack | 9.00 Miles |
2,788 AEG |
| | Backpack | 9.00 Miles | 2 Days | | |
| 2,788 ft AEG | | 38 LBS Pack | | |
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| no partners | | Did this as a spur of the moment short overnight backpacking trip. I'd had the Anchas on my list of places to hike n' camp for a while. I decided at the last minute to bail out of Mt. Wrightson to do this, but in hindsight that might have worked out better at the end of August. I actually packed for 3 days thinking I'd do the under the rim loop up to Edward Spring and maybe explore around Moody Point. I wore shorts and a T-shirt based on summer temperatures, and that proved to the the fatal flaw for this trip. 
In August trail conditions were very overgrown so I ended up donating a bit of blood to the wilderness. Many downed trees to climb over but still made great time to the top. Because I wasn't sure about the water sources or how far I'd get, I ended up with a ridiculously heavy pack with 10 liters water - enough to last me the full 3 days.
Camping on top was spectacular, plenty of nice flat spots to setup away from the trail. No developed fire rings, but there are fire restrictions anyway. I had light rain early in the night. As soon as the sun came up, two strong monsoon storm systems converged and pushed through right over me, dropped a ton of rain, thunder and lightning 1st thing in the morning for like 90 minutes. If not for the thunder and lightning it would have lulled me back to bed.
Once the weather cleared up I was on trail by 9am, but it wasn't long before I turned around from getting badly cut up by the overgrown foliage. Had I worn full coverage clothing it would not have been bad, but would have continued to be very slow miles and kind of a slog. honestly not having much fun at that point so I dumped my extra water and went back down.
Not a total failure since I camped the one night with a beautiful sunset and starry night - you can see the milky way this time of year. I'll be going back, maybe with my trusty Silky Pocketboy saw and some shears.  |
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Upper South Fork Parker Creek |
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| | | Just a slight trickle, but the catchment/flow station had clear water that could be filtered. | | _____________________
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