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| no partners | | All my friends know I like challenging hikes, but I decided to check back with the Shaka Cave. I think it should be reclassified as easy, especially from Carney Springs Lot. I noticed that it is attracting families with small children. I am glad that people are enjoying visiting. I could be wrong but it is the easiest shortest cave hike in the Supes? This route should probably be used as official since I over-smoothed the original route.
Driving in on Peralta was a surprise with new gravel at the beginning section. The (Wave Cave) Carney lot was a zoo and people are just making their own spots by parking wherever everywhere. The LGM east lot had a lot of room as usual. I like the trail section of LGM by Dacite because there are mature Saguaros that have escaped fires. Somebody stole the new Wave Cave sign by the Dacite mine trail on LGM. Somebody else made a new Wave Cave sign at the Carney Springs/LGM intersection to replace the one that was stolen last Spring.
The Shaka trail looks pretty good. I did do some trail maintenance because the rains have encouraged the plants to take over. Inside the cave is pretty much the same but someone destroyed the 2 fire pits for some reason? I took some pictures of the walls and noticed interesting things I’ve never noticed before. There are strange patters and possibly cave art. I cannot be sure if it is old or new because I didn’t notice it before.
I also climbed up over the top of the cave for a photo shoot of the face. The images from a different perspective allowed me to see new things. The trip was worthwhile and seeing little kids inside the cave made me smile and remember years of teaching. |
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