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| Hiking | 26.52 Miles |
7,653 AEG |
| | Hiking | 26.52 Miles | 13 Hrs 53 Mns | | 2.08 mph |
| 7,653 ft AEG | 1 Hour 8 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | Arrival
Unexpected wait line to get into the park. Everyone Runs / Everybody Walks, eats a homemade Mexican breakfast, and gets a medal had a 6a to 9:30a 5K (9.3mi) and a 4 miler race event. The traffic controller was the only person running... backwards towards the entrance to get everybody parked. 0.35 mi from the trailhead felt lucky considering all.
Planning
Instead of carrying an ephemeral melting 250 oz, dropped to 156 oz, added a 1 lb water filter. Rushed nutritional choices last week damn near killed me with hand cramping, so I researched to correct.
Hike
After a 0.15 mi mingle with participants, I saw Sutherland Wash and took the opportunity. I felt 30 years younger with a nice breeze and a lighter pack. The breeze died until the final mile. 5 lbs lighter was enjoyed, reaching Romero Saddle quickly. A 180° flip from last week.
It sprinkled off and on throughout the day. Lemmon Trail #5 is three experiences. A desert ridge, a pine forest ridge, and a 4WD road. The road had an unexpected mix of hikers, dog walkers, a misplaced pair of mall rats, old people exploring, and one mountain biker.
I took my last sip of water approaching Quartzite Spring. Expecting to see the tub, I walked by, unaware it was just below the road on my right side. At 8,985 feet & 1/4 mi from the upper trailhead, I turned around since it was 22 minutes past my pre-planned turnaround. The sound of water gushing was apparent 50 to 80 ft before seeing it on my left.
With the clock ticking, I ate half of a ham and cheese sandwich hiking the road that would come back to destroy me.
Something wasn't right in my stomach a mile before the saddle. The toughest mile for myself is descending mile two at the bottom; the mile above the saddle is a distant second. A stomach brew was percolating. Balance was cattywampus, and perception was a kaleidoscope. I crawled down mile two with a headlamp in just under an hour.
Reached the gate at the bottom of the railroad tie steps, and the euphoria of it's going to be okay set in. The moment triggered the gut, and old faithful blew!
Danced the last mile in the dark. Took my pack off, and two thud drop-drop sprinkles hinted at a deluge arriving quicker than I could pick the pack back up and jump into my truck.
Synopsis
Switched from WOR Lasso to Meadow Lasso to praying for water at Quartzsite to surviving ignorance. Took care of calf, thigh, and notably hand cramps. Almost reached the top. In a hurry, I put my sandwich in the wrong place, twice... Lol
HAZ
- Reposted #5 & #8 routes that we're not intricate enough to be helpful.
- Changed the layout above the triplog journal entry so all devices can use the style buttons.
- Popup map on mobile now allows single-finger panning if full screen.
- Multiple tracks in the Popup map now puts the selected track on top.
- Moved green helper "EDIT Route to change track name" to the end of the tracks list, now w/confirmation
- Added font size button to photo captions edit when the field size is increased. Retains state.
- Added tap-to-paste buttons to Deep Search username/guide fields to filter without typing
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Quartzite Spring |
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