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| Hiking | 6.00 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 6.00 Miles | 6 Hrs | | 1.11 mph |
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| no partners | | | Two days in a row saw me driving back out to the wildlife watering tanks to hike this. Unlike yesterday, I didn't cliff out half way up. Instead, I went a bit further south of the ridge I was climbing due to cholla, rocks, and unfamiliarity with the hike, and went for a sub-peak. It wasn't the big one, but that is further away. I went over to the summit and had to avoid a few more cliff sections. From there, down to the tanks, again cliffs, and made a huge mistake going well below where I should have been and cliffed out above where I cliffed out below, yesterday. Then I ran around like a mad man, gaining and loosing ground, going back and forth burning precious daylight. I didn't want to become a statistic and forced myself on a steep path with lots of lose rock, sharp pointy plants that are filled with hate, and greasy green grass over the rocks. I was back on the less deadly slopes before sunset, and my car by 645. I won't do this again for a while, and would only do it with other people. I think, for me, it is just stupid solo. My corpse would fester out there for days, before someone missed me. It is too steep, cliffy, and treacherous to hike like I hoped, and though I may summit once more, I doubt it will be another orange dot hike any time soon. |
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Out Geocaching, had to make the trip up. Where the trail split in the GPX file, we up the ravine. Came down the northern trail in the GPX file... I think that would have been easier going up. Winds were calm at the top, great weather. Almost missed the benchmark under the summit logs. Took 45 min break at top. 
and I was taunted by a flock of ravens hoping that would be me in a day or so.
but just fuels the curiosity: Is there a better route from the north east? How did Randy find his way up from the North West? That second peak to the south looks like it needs company and it isn't littered with communications equipment. Dairy queen sure is good after being sweat drenched...
