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| no partners | | | Continuing my Superstition hiking quest yesterday I headed up the low rider-friendly 172 and 172A to Rogers Trough. Five other vehicles were at the TH before sunrise when I got there. I had a section of Frog Tanks to finish from the huge Agave a half mile past Hole Spring to the start of it at the Reavis junction. Knowing the loop would be 20+ miles I knew it may be a long day and had a couple of turnaround points in mind in case I wasn't feeling it. Easy hiking down Rogers Canyon as the trail is in pretty good shape, but it was a completely different story once I got to Frog Tanks. I knew this would be a slow section but the 'trail' was so overgrown where it even existed, it was a 1 mile per hour painful slough through this section. My arms, and legs, and even took some shots to the face and eye. I climbed up the ridge by Frog Spring, took a quick break, and reevaluated my loop. I had made great time down Rogers Canyon but Frog Tanks killed all of that. I wasn't even halfway done yet, still had a 1,300-foot climb and Frog Tanks had taken a ton of energy. I made the decision to turn around, head back to the TH, and finish the remaining section another day, but I was not looking forward to fighting back up Frog Tanks again and it was just as bad the second time. Uneventful but slow hike back to the truck where a couple of vehicles remained. Not a drop of water in the creek the entire way. I came across a group of about 10 camping in the nice camp spot near Rogers Spring, some deer and that was it. The creek is beautiful right now as the Sycamore and Oaks are turning but there was not a drop of water the entire way. |
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