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| Tat Momoli Mountains and Jack Benchmark, AZ | |
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Tat Momoli Mountains and Jack Benchmark, AZ
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| Hiking | 5.20 Miles |
1,122 AEG |
| | Hiking | 5.20 Miles | 6 Hrs 22 Mns | | 1.89 mph |
| 1,122 ft AEG | 3 Hrs 37 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | My last hike was - "Corona Calibration Targets". On that hike I hiked in the western foothills of the Tat Momoli Mountains, plus in the desert northeast of the range.
This hike was up a no-name mountain in the same Tat Momoli Mountain Range. I again, secured a permit from the Tohono O'odham Nation to hike on their land. I have no published GPS route, as per the permit rules.
There is a benchmark named "Jack" atop this mountain, and I gave it a visit.
Ironically, I had to hike over the high point of this no-name mountain and continue on its ridgeline to the other side, as the 1936 surveyors used a different and lower "bump" to place the benchmark. I assume this placement had to do with the high point "bump" not being as safe to work on.
I started off from my designated trailhead, from the southwest, over open desert, then up a rather wide valley, to get closer to the no-name mountain that is home to Jack BM. My planned track back to my TH wasn't determined until I got up to Jack BM, and after I took some photos.
My 2 choices were:
1 - Return the way I hiked to the top or ….
2 - Take a totally different, and steeper descent path, just past the BM, via a much narrower drainage/valley, that leads out to the desert flatlands further to the southeast. I would then circle around the mountain range , in the flats, to my TH.
My descent choice would be determined by what my camera zoom lens captured, or did not capture, from over a mile away.
As it turned out, the day had excellent sun and clear skies, so I did not have to make a personal visit to the object on the ground, via the narrow drainage/valley.
A zoom photo or two would suffice.
This was a fun hike, with my two "friends" giving me their usual challenges - Cholla and Scree.
Jack BM and its two reference marks are in great shape, and so is the object I located with my zoom lens. |
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Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost
J.R.R.TOLKIEN |
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