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| Hiking | 4.72 Miles |
2,293 AEG |
| | Hiking | 4.72 Miles | 4 Hrs 35 Mns | | 1.16 mph |
| 2,293 ft AEG | 30 Mns Break | | | |
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| partners | | Finally got back to the top after 20 years and 2 attempts where I bailed. I did this nearly 10 years ago with my family when my kids were 7 and 8, not sure what I was thinking. Getting to where we bailed that day made me more impressed that we got that far.
Wally and I got a start around 6:17am, which made for a mostly shady ascent as we got higher and then headed into the canyon. A few spots seemed like they had exposure until you got near them, then it wasn't so bad. The ascent into the canyon got vertical and very steep to where there was some mild exposure.
As we got out of the canyon and to the plateau, I lost the trail for a bit but then picked it up again. On the way back I stayed on it. The views up there are really nice, especially to the south and southeast, where you never get a bird's eye view of that area. I put my hiking sticks away as we got to the more vertical part and once we got to the plateau I realized I lost one. Fortunately a hiker behind us grabbed it and returned it to me at the summit.
New mailbox there dated April 2023. Several notebooks to sign in, and a pack of seaweed snacks, which I passed on. On the way down we followed a spur trail to the other summit on the south side which faded away before the summit. When I was up there 20 years ago, I had done more exploring around the plateau to see more views, but at this time of years the foxtails were out in full force and I could feel them digging into my ankles after just a few feet of the trail fading away.
The descent was slow, had to be very careful not to wipe out. Put my sticks away again and held onto rocks and vegetation as necessary. My knee was just starting to feel normal after the 5057 hike 2 weeks ago, and on the way up and down the steep section it started acting up again. At the one bare rock washout I was getting off the trail and headed right into the exposed area and had to hike back up to avoid cliffing out.
Once we were on the trail it was very nice to be back on level ground, and the hike back to the parking lot took hardly any time. The early start really helped with avoiding the heat. Feeling much better after the steep hikes after doing the big one to 5057 2 weeks ago, but that one had much more AEG. |
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