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| Hiking | 18.30 Miles |
3,152 AEG |
| | Hiking | 18.30 Miles | 27 Hrs 53 Mns | | 1.90 mph |
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| partners | | New territory wanted. Chose here... And here's our log.
40 miles on dirt. 25 of semi rough. 10 of rougher, then 5 of slowasf. I do have a 4x4 Jeep, but I take care of her and don't run her hard.  . Not knowing this terrain would take so much gas, we a we arrived at Sheep Bridge with 80 miles of gas showing. Ugh.. Deal with that later.
Sheep Bridge... Beautiful. Amazing fall trees by the Verde River. We were the only peeps there. Visited the Hot Spring. What happens at Spring, stays at spring. We sleep in Jeep and await our adventure. Start hike at 8:15. Easy for the first 4 miles. Then... Come the mountains. And the Assholes. Purple tall weeds we all know of) And the prickly pear. And the catclaw. For the entire rest of hike. Really only cool thing that stood out to us is getting charged at by 2 Javalina with an entire pack nearby.
We did not die.
We climbed thru some beautiful springs, over 3 mountains, around some peaks, and after 9 miles, we were running out of time. We still had 4 miles to go where we planned to camp, but we were kinda spent. Both caring 23-30 lbs... 4250 aeg.. We made executive mutual decision to find camp close and just reroute. Found some nice rocks to set up camp and ate our cracker/beef jerky/cheese burgers, then slept. Hiked out next day, Piece of cake . Saw 45 side by sides and a bunch of Mic Utras partying away. Good time to leave! That's our Adventure. A lot of work for... Desert Mountain views. Not our cup of Joe... But to each their own.
1. Make sure gas tank is full and you are NOT in a passanger car. The dirt road took us 4 hours. Plan on it the extra time.
2. Wear pants
3. Be prepared for those $110 pants to be 100% snagged by catclaw.
4. Know where the hell you are going. A lot of game trails make it a lil hard.
5. It's a rough trail. Cairns WILL BE your best friend. |
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. Not knowing this terrain would take so much gas, we a we arrived at Sheep Bridge with 80 miles of gas showing. Ugh.. Deal with that later. 
