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| Hiking | 1.80 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 1.80 Miles | 1 Hour 41 Mns | | 1.07 mph |
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| no partners | | Day One - Part One:
Reavis Ranch via 109 North triplog
Day One - Part Two:
Time to git-er-done!
Barely a few hundred yards out along AZT #19 from the Two Bar TH and I met a thru-hiker who appeared to be thoroughly worn out.
He told me he started in Superior and his vehicle was in Sunflower so he had a ways to go. When he asked about water between Two Bar and Roosevelt I told him the Cottonwood Tank (almost within our line-of-sight) had plenty, albeit a tad brown-looking.
As tuckered-out as he looked I asked if he planned to reach Roosevelt before the end-of-the-day but it didn't appear he was sure of anything. My expectation that he was ready to bail out well before Sunflower, so I told him we'd probably be driving through Roosevelt the next afternoon and if he wanted a ride back to his vehicle at Sunflower, we'd be headed that way and could make room for him. We exchanged numbers and I told him I'd text him when we were on the way out to AZ #188 to see if he needed a ride.
(When I texted him the next day he thanked me for checking with him but he had hitched a ride back earlier so no worries there)
Ok, ten minutes gone now so I figured it was time to get on with the climb, and set off at a bit faster pace than I probably should have, as when I got back home the next day my watch had clocked me at a max HR of 160 and average of 112... the highest for both I'd ever had during a hike (or bike) so it was no wonder I was worn out the next morning, almost not wanting to hike out to meet Tracey. (Spoiler alert... I would hike farther out to meet her than originally planned.)
But back to Pinyon...
From the AZT steel gate the route up turned out to be relatively easy to follow, in fact quite easy due to numerous deer trails zig-zagging the slope up. So other than the effort, it wasn't too big a deal to reach the summit. Oh wait, maybe it was a big deal...
Why, you ask? Well, I had waypoints for RM #1, RM #2 and Benchmark from my ascent ten years ago and went for RM #1 first. But for some reason, although I thought it was RM #1, it was actually RM #2. From there I hit up the Benchmark then on to RM #2, taking photos of each.
However, it would be a day later when I got home and realize I took photos of RM #2 twice, once before and once after the photo of the benchmark.
(As a result the only photo I have of RM #1 is from back in 2014)
So maybe between the exertion and the elevation my mind was in a bit of a fog. Yeah, that's it.
Although the summit log was easily found back in 2014 after a cursory look I was about to give up but just as I was about to walk away I caught a glimpse of blue through a tiny gap between rocks. After pulling out a few rocks I found a shiny new-looking small can of Earl Grey tea from the English Tea Shop, including a summit register which appeared to have been placed by folks from the SAHC barely eight days earlier.
After adding my info to the register it was just a simple zig-zag back down along the ubiquitous deer trails until reconnecting with AZT #19 and I was back at the trailhead and thoroughly famished. As a result I would not only go through what I had planned for supper but also eat half of what I planned for breakfast the next morning. Of course the next day I would burn a bunch more calories than planned, so it would be a few days later before I felt I had caught up on nourishment.
But overall, after an early start at home, a long drive, an early hike, some rough driving followed by a steep summit hike and it was all good. |
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