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| Hiking | 5.27 Miles |
3,057 AEG |
| | Hiking | 5.27 Miles | 5 Hrs 18 Mns | | 1.07 mph |
| 3,057 ft AEG | 22 Mns Break | 6 LBS Pack | | |
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| partners | | A few weeks back, Linda suggested we do this hike. I don't know why, I mean it just sounded crazy to me. Anyway, I agreed to consider it, and after reviewing the track, I mentioned to her that this looked like one of those hikes where someone could really get hurt, but she told me to "toughen up...", so here we are.
We hit the trail at 0741 & about 55 deg. Within a half hour of that, I was officialy sweating as the climbing began. Soon enough, we decided to bypass the steep main trail for the much steeper off-trail route, via the Flatiron. For the ascent, we would follow a track that was based on a mule route of many years ago. A large part of this old section is either bushwhack or bushcrash, marked with a couple of short, but uncomfortable climbs. Before we knew it, that tough part of our outing was in the mirror, and we could now focus on dropping 135 ft to the canyon bottom, just to regain it on the other side  . On the upside, that left us with only 1,250 more ft of AEG to reach the peak, and a whole mile in which to do it  .
After a 15-ish minute break at the peak, we started back. I know you're all thinking "it's all downhill from here", and while you'd be correct, I must tell you that it's a tideous go. The return went by with a lot less huffing & puffing, but not any faster than the ascent. We did see and talk to quite a few people on the descent, which may have slowed us down a bit, but overall, it's just a slow go.
Eventually, we got back to the TH, and hadn't needed to get out the 'Bleed Stop', so we did pretty good. Thanks Linda for driving down to drag me across the open desert, and up and down the rocky canyons again. Until next time... |
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