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| | Hiking | 8.50 Miles | 8 Hrs 35 Mns | | 0.99 mph |
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| no partners | | Decided to finally tackle this one after reading the description, reviewing the excellent triplogs, and looking for the perfect weather day. My wife and I love to hike, and we don't do it for speed. We enjoy setting out at a reasonable hour (in this case 8:30 am), and planning on making a day of it (we returned shortly after 5 pm). We like to take breaks, enjoy our lunch, and chat with fellow hikers along the way. Can't help you with GPS routes or waypoints or anything like that either, as we prefer to go "old school" on our adventures. No techies here, we like to find our way ourselves, without such aids. Although beneficial in many ways, we are sure, we find it akin to those walking around staring at their phones. Just our take. No offense. 
So, off we go from Jacob's off First Water, up to Massacre Falls where the waterfall was running nicely after last week's rainfall. We crossed the drainage and picked our way up to a rock formation we dubbed, some time back, as Napoleon's Hat, based on its look from the Massacre Grounds. From there, we headed up, and to the right of, the drainage all the way to the top of the Supes. We set a comfortable pace, and although largely unmarked, found a good route quite easily by studying the contours of the land as we hiked. On the way up, and with no rhyme or reason we found an old coconut husk. After a quick picture, we continued up until crossing through the hoodoos that were coveniently separated for our passage, and then headed over to Peak 5024 for some lunch. We then dropped down to Flat Iron, where we took in the splendid views, and chatted with another couple that struck up a conversation about the Wave Cave (a place near and dear to us).
We did learn that a hiker had fallen from the wall at the top of the climb to Flat Iron. She had hit her head in the fall, and was making her way back down. We met her at Siphon Draw (at the very top of the chute). She was with family, but no one had any pain medication. Upon overhearing this, we happily dug into our little cache and got her some much needed relief. Although she seemed alert and taking, she was airlifted out at the bottom as a precaution for some observation. Another hiker on the way down had badly twisted her ankle, but was hobbling out under her own power, as well. Please be careful when out there, as so many things can go wrong for even the most prepared hiker, and one must be prepared at all times for the unexpected.
We were so excited about our grand adventure that we were picking our way down at a nice pace, passing young and old alike, and being grateful for our good health and this fine day. We had spent it, as usual, together on a trail, and had made sure to not rush getting back home.
This is not a hike we would repeat on a regular basis, as we prefer the certainty of a trail, but for an occasional adventure, a bit out of the ordinary, this one fits the bill! |
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