Rockadoodle Ermagerd Photoset • chumley • 2023-01-02 • HikeArizona.COM

Rockadoodle Ermagerd, AZ

	2023-01-02
	13 by chumley

Rockadoodle Ermagerd, AZ

Hiking	6.33 Miles	1,272 AEG

Hiking	6.33 Miles	3 Hrs 21 Mns	2.01 mph
	1,272 ft AEG	12 Mns Break

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Chuparosa Canyon - Superstitions

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FOTG

Naming the unnamed things has been a tradition of outdoor enthusiasts for generations. People who use ropes for the fun things are especially guilty of it. This site has some cool names for things too, from Big Kahuna to 9L to Hippy to previously-not-Chuparosa

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Whatever the things are called, this was a fun little adventure to take advantage of the rain. FOTG and Ddot joined me for that single annual hike we endure together, and we managed to enjoy ourselves with less than the normal dose of sarcasm and cutting compliments.

As expected, parking was a cf, so I chatted up a local resident who offered his driveway to us after I suggested to him it would be a nice gesture on his part

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It added a delightful mile of pristine desert hiking and avoided all the people who park at that trailhead and hike somewhere else.

Water was flowing nicely and we climbed ever higher to reach some of the beautiful waterfalls that you could easily see from the 60 driving through Gold Canyon. Somehow all the people waiting in line to park at the trailhead ignored what they could see on the drive in and walked elsewhere because we encountered nobody else. Apps powered by AI recommendations must not understand what people actually like to see yet. (Or are they what actually determines what other people DO like to see?

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It rained and hailed on us a bit which just added to the allure of the day. Good to get out with Lee again. Can't wait til next year!

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