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| | Hiking | 8.00 Miles | 8 Hrs 30 Mns | | 1.45 mph |
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| partners | | A perfect day for our return trip to the needle to do some more exploring! Only this time we would have The Hippy joining us for the first time. It didn't take long to realize she was going to be fun to have along since she really loves the needle!
Keeping up with these two isn't easy! Straight up Peralta, almost to Fremont and Hippy spots the little alcove and decides she needs to see where it goes. Mike is in, I am not. They went back an amazingly long way, which it was cool see their headlamps way back in there.
Over Fremont, down past Pinion Camp, then off across the wash and up to the base, me bringing up the rear (a recurring theme). Those two were off to explore the Big Horn area from last time, I went up the climber's route and waited at the base of the part that stopped me last time. I made some practice attempts but couldn't clear this one spot. So I hung out and took pictures of them when I could see them (cartwheels anyone??).
They made their way up to me and quickly went up beyond but encouraged me enough that I was able to clear the difficult spot. I went up a little further and watched as those two continued to climb and climb. The Hippy was really happy, totally in her element! Finally Mike came to his senses but Haley kept on going. It looked like she was going all the way to the chockstone but the last fifteen feet made her realize it would be too risky. I had the strange feeling that had she made it to the chockstone there would have been no stopping her from climbing to the summit! Even so, the girl proved she has balls!!
Thankfully everyone made it down safely! We had some lunch then decided to head to the other side, heading counter-clockwise around the base. We explored along the way. Mike tried to find a route up the south needle, but it was way too loose climbing so we continued. Got around to the east side climb and checked it out. Those two practiced on the initial moves up then we continued around to the north east corner. We saw some cool shelves on the north side and climbed over but couldn't make the connection up to the larger shelf so we went down and then back up to it. It was starting to get late and although we wanted to complete the entire loop around the base, there was too much uncertainty with the cliffs around us so we called it a day and started down.
Those two had a little disagreement on the best way down, so off they went in two different directions! And not slowly! Great!?!? Mike went off in the direction of the ascent trail so I hesitantly followed him. He was out of sight pretty quickly and so was Haley! Soon I hear Mike yell up "Meet you at the cairn off Peralta, I'm taking off to make sure we meet her on the trail". Cool! I can take it easy, take some pictures and work my way down. Next thing I know, Mike is standing on Peralta! The dude can move! A few minutes later and we were all back together on the trail and headed up towards Fremont again.
We busted back to the car, only stopping for a pic at the saddle. The end of another incredible day in the Supes! We had so much fun! It was a laugh a minute all day long! Mike is always a blast to hike with and Haley is just as much fun! Great to finally meet The Hippy! Looking forward to our next adventure!!  |
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