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| | Canyoneering | 10.00 Miles | 8 Hrs 20 Mns | | 1.27 mph |
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| no partners | | I had planned to do this hike when it got a little warmer, but ice, snow, and muddy roads are keeping me away from some of the other wilderness areas I wanted to go to. As it turns out, it was plenty warm. The water is not too cold. I wore my Merrell Nova 3 running/hiking shoes that are very porous, and drain quickly, so I’m happy just to walk through the water.
I started at around sunrise, and it was a little below freezing, but as the morning passed, it warmed up nicely. I enjoyed taking pictures of the canyon as the sun began kissing the peaks on the west side. There were many different birds singing. Using the Cornell Merlin app, I was able to identify the songs of Bewick’s Wren, Common Raven, Black Phoebe, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Canyon Wren, White-throated Swift, Red-winged Blackbird, Plumbeous Vireo, Cassin’s Vireo, Mexican Jay, and Painted Redstart. Also, during the first part of the walk, I was following along with the descriptions of the geology in the book by Ivo Lucchitta, Hiking Arizona’s Geology, Mountaineers Books, 2001, Hike # 41.
At one point the canyon becomes a slot. There’s a rope to assist going over a particularly steep section of rock, but I decided to just walk in the stream instead.
As I got further south, I encountered more and more evidence that this is used as a migration path: discarded clothing, blankets, water bottles, food packets. Some items were clearly being used to mark the way, as there is not always a clear path. I did not quite make it to the border before I ran out of time and had to turn around. Coming back, I ran into a couple of women and their dogs, the only people I met on this day. |
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We told them that we'd collected a bag of garbage from a couple different encampments. I asked about the sensors in the canyon and they said "You've been watching too much Border Wars." Whatever.
