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| Hiking | 4.20 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 4.20 Miles | 2 Hrs 26 Mns | | 1.79 mph |
| 1,148 ft AEG | 5 Mns Break | 20 LBS Pack | | |
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| partners | | Tracey had never done this hike and it was over three years ago for my one-and-only so figured it was about time for a rerun. But feeling just a twinge from my foot after yesterday's hike along the Gila River we decided to take the less-steep route.
Unfortunately if I had only remembered this hike better (should have looked at my November 2012 photos before the hike) I would have done the whole thing again.
](https://hikearizona.com/dex2/images/smilies/eusa_wall.gif "Brick wall")
Still, it had plenty of great scenery of The Spine and Battle Axe in particular so it was quite enjoyable.
Along an ancient and long-unused (for mine use anyway) road I was a bit surprised by how much evidence there was of recent rock-crawling activity. More than a few boulders rose 5-6 feet above the wash yet the crawlers had gone right over.
On the return leg we dropped down into the wash below the north end of The Spine before and continuing back around to the Jeep. As we began the drive out we hadn't gone a few hundred yards before spotting a Gila Monster in the wash so of course we had to jump out for photos and video.
I hadn't done much video with my GoPro in some time so thought I'd shoot a video of the trip from the wash up Walnut Canyon Road south of Battle Axe Butte.
Two videos:
00:38 - Gila Monster in the wash (3rd sighting for us this year)
25:34 - Four-Wheeling up Walnut Canyon Road (in-the-shadow of Battle Axe) |
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