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| Hiking | 7.26 Miles |
3,451 AEG |
| | Hiking | 7.26 Miles | 7 Hrs 21 Mns | | 1.30 mph |
| 3,451 ft AEG | 1 Hour 45 Mns Break | | | |
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| partners | | With a big trip planned after Christmas and our trip up Saddle Mountain a couple weeks ago almost killing me, I decided that perhaps I should try a couple of big elevation hikes to try to keep fresh and recover from my third round of the covfefe. 
I've got the week off and was able to recruit Daniel to do this one as he hadn't been up this way yet. Bruce was able to join at the last minute and Rob agreed to join despite my assurance that there would be blood shed!
The "route" was in reasonably good shape. Not too much by way of scratchy things on the way up, plenty of cairns and such. There was a new surprise in the lower stretches ... tall grass, which made some of the route-finding a bit more of a hiccup. The biggest mess is the climb up the steep chute, but it is what it is.
At the summit we chatted with a couple of groups of workers who were impressed by our non-aerial-ascent. Two birds carried the AT&T 5G installers and fatigue-wearing feds were also on site to assure the "five gee" installation was going to standard and making sure it would spread the vid properly and not interfere with the chemtrails or cause any unintended curvature to the otherwise flat earth. For being part of such an evil operation, they seemed like really nice people.
After a break we traversed the ridgeline across to South Newman, always the highlight of this hike. Despite typically awful winter air quality, the temps were ideal and we spent an extended time on the South before starting the trip down. This route was tougher to find, more overgrown, and by far the most prickly part of the day. But the slope angle, scree, and later the boulders, slowly moderate until it's just that delightful desert stroll back to the truck.
Despite my pleas, the others did not agree to wait around for the lovely sunset light on the mountain and instead we headed back up the 10 to the valley. This is always a fun one. Glad to introduce it to three noobs! |
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