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2,162 AEG |
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| 2,162 ft AEG | 7 Hrs 50 Mns Break | | | |
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| partners | | | I was unsure if I would hike on Saturday as I had to work a couple of football games Friday night and all day Sunday. I decided to hike an extended version of the Miners Needle loop with a couple of my new hiking peeps. A bit of a later start so the circus had already begun on Peralta. Arrived at the TH at 8:30 and we were able to snag one of the last spots at the TH. The masses were heading up the Peralta Trail well prepared wearing sweats, jeans, and a small bottle of water as we made our way down the Dutchman. We made our way through Barkley Basin, climbed up Miners Needle, and hiked down on Whiskey Spring. No water at Whiskey Spring but there was a medium size pool just before the Red Tanks junction. The hike down Whiskey Spring and Red Tanks was my favorite of the day with all of the different geology and the recent maintenance made it nice and fairly bloodless. We got to the La Barge area, had lunch and I showed my hiking partners La Barge Spring. The spring was up the side of the creek in a vine forest. It is a muddy, walk to the spring box as the box is overflowing down onto the path. The water out of the spring box is the clearest I've seen in the Supes. We started our hike back making a stop at Bluff Spring. The pipe is flowing with nice water laying on a rock. Rehydrated there for a few minutes and made the uneventful hike back to Peralta making a quick stop to show them the Peralta Rock in Barks Canyon. The weather was just a tad warm, but we had a nice breeze for a good portion of the day; great hike with great company. |
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Hiking is just walking where it’s okay to pee.  |
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