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| Hiking | 7.33 Miles |
3,379 AEG |
| | Hiking | 7.33 Miles | 7 Hrs 49 Mns | | 1.33 mph |
| 3,379 ft AEG | 2 Hrs 18 Mns Break | 13 LBS Pack | | |
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| partners | | I got an invite to join Santa Chums and one of his social friends Daniel for a hike that'd been on my radar forever. My son Rob from NC is in town and he joined the jesters court.
I was glad that Chums drove as the last mile or so approach would not have been fun (or possible) with the Subie.
High 30's to start, but the jackets came off pretty quick with the climb. We stopped at an old copper mine to check it out on the way up. This is the point where the hint of the old road ends. The rest of the day was a cairn hunt. I'd say long pants were a requirement for the day on this hike to minimize the bloodshed, but the calf master wore shorts.
If you can't tolerate bolder hopping and route finding, please stay away from this hike. There are numerous (emphasize numerous) spots were it's loose and very steep. We made the top in a bit under 2.5 hours.
Up top, we were treated to two different work crews. For them, this is a helicopter access only mountain top. The first was an AT&T crew installing some 5G units.
[ youtube video ]
The 2nd was a government crew doing some top secret stuff with the power grid.
[ youtube video ]
After chatting, we headed over to our lunch destination on south Peak, 4209. The traverse on the ridgeline looked daunting but for as tough as it was, it was quite fun. It was about 1.5 hrs to get over to this point 1.7 miles away. Up here, with the perfect weather, we enjoyed one of the longest breaks I've had on a hike. It was quite enjoyable.
From here we examined a minor peak to the south and then started our traverse to return. We took a different cairned route down. It was on this down route that I donated the most blood on the day.
It was great to be back on the sorta road by the mine for the final furlong.
It was good to finally get this one done, but I still have a Turd waiting for me.
Thanks for driving Chums, good to see Daniel again. |
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