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 Utah's canyon trekking,deck chair packing desert explorer who dreams of visiting Canada someday
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Posted - 08/02/2008 : 7:10 PM
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Hi! 
Man, it's hot!
And what better way to have fun when it's way over a hundred outside than to walk across the rim of a blazing hot canyon. hehe
    
The hot breath of summer blew like a hairdryer in my face. Red tail
hawks followed the cliff line rolling with the currents. I walked wherever my feet took me. today, the path, not the destination was the hike...
    
Mollie's Nipple's summit much more attainable now in hot weather.
The summit increases in elevation by at least 300 ft on a cold, frigid, winter's day......
Spent springtime blossoms of ratany, yucca, yellow and white cholla,
hang onto the plants as crisp, dried flowers.
Always in the looming shadow of "Mollie's Nipple"
    
Funny, that Mollie's nipple is referenced all the time, (by men)
as a kind of vector point. The summit very popular to bag. Lots of cairns up there. More than a normal summit would receive.
Then, the overlook of the town of Hurricane. Now, for the three mile walk back to the truck. Cheers!
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Simpson quoting tree hunter and canyon rapping rockhound who longs for the return of his trapped Toyota
Salt Lake City, UT
USA
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Posted - 08/02/2008 : 7:32 PM
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| A nice, pleasantly warm-looking hike, RM. I hope you brought extra layers, in case the temps dropped into the 90's... |
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Utah's canyon trekking,deck chair packing desert explorer who dreams of visiting Canada someday
3988 Posts |
Posted - 08/03/2008 : 6:55 PM
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Thanks!
I went to cool off yesterday to Kanarraville falls with some folks who I rescued from a fitness spa. It was great! the boot camp hiking staff is pretty rough on em'... they really appreciated a softer,
lower stress itinerary. Monsoon is rolling around down here.
In two weeks, Heading up to crack canyon and Goblin Valley.
It'll be hot! But, I'm finally used to it. can't wait. |
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Langley, BC
Canada
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Posted - 08/04/2008 : 9:20 PM
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| That's a big ol' nipple! The color in the rocks is really amazing..great pics...as usual! |
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Popkum, BC
Canada
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Posted - 08/05/2008 : 3:45 PM
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| Cool trip report of a hot country. |
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Utah's canyon trekking,deck chair packing desert explorer who dreams of visiting Canada someday
3988 Posts |
Posted - 08/06/2008 : 7:25 PM
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Thanks, Calixtomoon! Too funny! Huge 400 ft cliff off of the other side of her. I think I will take a long walk around the rim of another community; Bloomington, on Friday...looking for petroglyphs and pot sherds and such.
HI, Flowing Brook!
Hot, very hot. well over a hundred, almost every day. 108 was the highest, so far. Going out Friday morning for a jaunt. I found a Canadian dime along the trail. I'll have to save it and use it when I'm up that way. hehe |
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Simpson quoting tree hunter and canyon rapping rockhound who longs for the return of his trapped Toyota
Salt Lake City, UT
USA
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Posted - 08/08/2008 : 11:03 AM
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| How is the access to Kanarra these days? I heard rumours that the town closed the access road to vehicles due to vandalism at the water tower. |
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Utah's canyon trekking,deck chair packing desert explorer who dreams of visiting Canada someday
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Posted - 08/10/2008 : 2:12 PM
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Bingo! I just took four folks from a local spa up there last weekend. You now have a locked, metal gate at the base of the hill on the edge of town. There's a sign on it saying hikers access only.
This will add 3/4 mile each way to the trek. We had to walk up the hill, cresting at the water tower, then down to the stream. etc. etc. I saw about 80 people hiking up through the stream in the five hours we were there. Locals had town meetings with concern for their drinking water; with reports of diapers along the stream, broken pipe that needed replaced, people blocking the access road, people speeding through the dirt and making dust on the way in and out. Beer cans, Even camping on the road and tearing out the vegetation. on an on the complaints went. and a sense of encroachment on their suddenly explosively popular little village. Big attraction in the local mags and papers is a "free" respite from the heat! Seems that this is the spot, right now. The other three canyons seem to remain untouched. hehe imagine dat!
Amazing, as the post about writing on a location and the impact there on the LODGE rings true. I only go now, if someone hasn't seen it.
I am not one who likes repeat visits to any exact hike unless someone wants to see it or I suggest it as a fun place.
This is why I go to so many places as possible right now. Access may be closed off indefinitely at the stroke of a pen. So, the old addage that "it's not going anywhere" may not ring true, these days.
They have actually fenced a favorite haunt of mine in the Vermillion cliffs White pockets with fencing all around it because the ATV's have ripped up the sandstone. I'll never return. Imagine having to look through a hole in the fence at the Grand Canyon, someday? Another child just died on the south rim. It may come to that.
Step up to the railing and peek through the links for a glimpse.
Another gem, the Ashdown Gorge area of Cedar Mtn is always under scrutiny and the whole area may become part of the natl monument at Cedar Breaks. The land deals are still being ironed out. It will all be controlled and permit monitored, perhaps, from the edge of Brian head all the way down to the bottom in a pen stoke grab.
So, I try to go now, before the lottery kicks in requiring me to pay, check in, and check out.
Bottom line: Seems site popularity eventually warrants some kind of stewardship change.
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