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| Hiking | 1.70 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 1.70 Miles | 1 Hour 45 Mns | | 1.19 mph |
| 1,102 ft AEG | 19 Mns Break | 20 LBS Pack | | |
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| no partners | | My original goal for the day that turned out to be the side-show.
Although I'd spent quite a bit of time laying out a number of possible routes to the summit, when I reached the main decision-point I spotted a well-beaten javelina trail leading seemingly up the cliffs. It was too-well traveled to lead to nowhere so I followed it up a chute (much like Brown's Peak only much narrower) and what-do-you-know, all of a sudden I'm over the top, saving a good half mile in the process. I still wonder how the javelina got up some of the spots, but I'll remember that for the future.
From there I had a short jaunt along a mesa before the last climb to the summit. Again I searched out and made use of javelina trails to reach the summit. The log at the summit was in a cheap plastic container which had broken long ago contained a baggy in tatters so the notebook itself was damp. I carefully peeled away layers to find it had been originally placed in the mid-90's by someone in the Sierra Club. The last entry in January of 2005 included a group of eight titled 'All Seniors'.
I spent just enough time for the requisite 360 pan of photos and video before heading back down to continue into the White Canyon Wilderness. As usual, I chose an even more challenging route down to cut more directly to and farther along the White Canyon trail. I dropped down some places there's no way I could go up, but I wouldn't be anyway so no worries.
I got some great shots from the summit with a distinctly different point of view of the whole area. As I mentioned in my White Canyon triplog, almost too many photos. But then even a million shots couldn't come close to capturing the beautiful scenery. |
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