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Turkey Creek & leftblank - Day 3, AZ
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| no partners | | A low of 14f, our bags were good for it, but aside from a quick dashing out of the tent to make breakfast we zipped together and hung out until around 10am heh. Mostly frozen water, but enough already in containers for today's hike.
We headed out for █████████████████ via ████ which was a genuinely impressive spot and had been stumbled across by @grasshopper before. A lot of damage to walls - I'm sure a lot due to time and plant growth, but there are also clear signs of bovine disregard for the antiquities act. Found some smaller sherds a few with paint still on them.
Heading back late we decided to get to at least the first obstacle which had caught my eye earlier on the drainage down from redman to turkey. It was far less bushy than expected, with a lot of engaging boulders that made for a fun short class 2 experience, upping the game to bursts of chunky class 3 as we got closer to our destinations. Dropped the pack and poles and I stuffed my DJI Neo in my pocket.
Shortly thereafter we make it to what I had been calling "the giant's staircase" - phone controls for the drone are jank but they work, so hey this is fun. Send it up, send it down, then decide to head up tracing the route that looks like it'd be doable. Goes well if slightly jerkily, then it loses connection over the top. No big deal, RTH time!
Except, uh, that's not available when just running from a phone hotspot. The app helpfully tells me to "walk closer". I hear it buzzing out it's battery.
After some fussing at the bottom I'm in go mode and pop up and grab the signal in two minutes and guide it to the bottom. One bench from the top, and pumpkin it might as well grab the top so I do. Then more carefully head back down. A lot of short chunky runs, only two spots where I properly downclimbed facing the wall. I'm in a pair of pretty thrashed La Sportiva TX4 mids, good boots for this type of thing but shot soles but make it down fine, with only one pitch being anything near extended.
We pop down into the main creek and make it back to camp a little later, but no headlamps needed. Another cold night approaches... |
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