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Petrified Forest National Park - Day 2, AZ
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| Hiking | 22.00 Miles |
1,500 AEG |
| | Hiking | 22.00 Miles | | | |
| 1,500 ft AEG | | | | |
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| partners | | pilot rock has been on john's and my list for a few years, so this was the main event of the trip
bruce found a gps track, which was extremely helpful to the cause
up early for coffee and breakfast, we set out around 0615
a lot of wash walking, and the track tried to take us up a sketchy climb that we ended up bypassing
there was another sketchy part getting over a ridge of hills, followed by easier terrain
the actual ascent was made from the east, up a rocky drainage in the middle of the mountain
john found a good route, with little exposure, a bit of brush and solid hand and footholds
we topped out very close to the true summit, finding a giant cairn, a benchmark and one reference mark
after enjoying the views, we made our way northeast to a high point that had a possible ruin
we tried to take a break nearby, but there were too many gnats
our descent route was much easier, down a grassy field and into the drainage
the return is a good route, and bruce has kindly edited and posted it
we found a better way over "the wall" that featured a short butt scoot instead of full-on crawling by me
the last few miles were long and warm, but a small price to pay for a unique wilderness summit
back to camp early afternoon, so after putting up with the gnats in the sun for a few minutes, we hiked out to the car and did some sightseeing in the air conditioning
we hit a bunch of overlooks, newspaper rock, agate bridge and then bruce hiked crystal forest while john and i rested our feet
hiked back to our camp, had dinner and enjoyed the full moon
a good day |
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