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| no partners | | Got up super early for me so mostly a night drive almost to the start of the hike. Bunch of border patrol vehicles clustering and coming in on the dark dirt road near a ranch. At least 10-12, the most I've seen, so the tip must've been a hot one.
Several miles down the road saw a large cluster of men off the side of the road at one of the surprisingly wet wash crossings, all in dark clothing, maybe 25 or 30. They did not attempt to hide as I rolled up so I cracked my window and yelled " they're waiting on you down the road!" and kept driving.
Missed the turn off, went on wrong road, then got to right road. I was going on a vague memory rather than a map so not the best. I came to a fork that I seemed to remember I parked before. This time thru the gate. Where the road ended would make a stellar car camp, a long flat ledge with plenty of room to turn around and brush free mostly and about a 50 foot drop into the canyon below and nice views everywhere.
I backtracked and parked to take a ridgeline out. I nicknamed this area the labyrinth because the little finger canyons below were really neat, buttkickers, but nice. I had accessed this area a different way before. I should be just above my "Complex" hike.
So out I went trying to stay relatively high, neat rock action in forms and colors. Sure enough looked like I came in right behind a nice cliff face I had photographed from the other side. I tried to keep with the program but ended up down in labby because my ridgeline cliffed out. This area I will keep in mind for any monsoon action. The small streambed was dry which I expected. I wandered a bit then freelanced it to the Jeep, fortunately able to scale a dryfall.
So much to do here. So many little alcoves and overhangs and rock faces to see. More fun in store. |
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