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Bloated Chipmunk Cock Rock Searcher
Joined: 29 Jan 2007 Posts: 2993 | TRs | Pics Location: Margaritaville |
For this day I picked a shorter, easier hike in order to make a book signing event @ the BS VC @ 3pm. Calcite Mine fit the bill & I had several takers. We drove down from S-22 & parked in Palm Wash for the start of our hike.
@ the TH
The start of the hike is just walking up the continuation of the jeep rd. - not very exciting - but then we took the option of dropping into the adjacent slot canyon, which meets up with the rd. further on.
In a slot
Once again we saw a tarantula.
Tarantula Tarantula Tarantula
We met the rd. & crossed it, & now continued up the slot on the west side, eventually reaching an impassable dry fall. We backtracked slightly & took a side fork that had 2 dry waterfalls that were a bit sketch but ultimately we prevailed & once above them, walked a short distance back to the rd. where we were not far from its end @ the Calcite Mine.
After our lunch @ the mine, people were ready to just take the rd. back. Exploring more slots would have to wait for another time.
Short hike Post-hike margs BC w/Rancheti Daryel w/Rancheti Tim w/Rancheti
Home is where the hiking is.
"Peaks that have come and gone four times should halt a man in his steps." -- William O. Douglas
A balanced diet is a margarita in each hand.
Home is where the hiking is.
"Peaks that have come and gone four times should halt a man in his steps." -- William O. Douglas
A balanced diet is a margarita in each hand.
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neek Member
Joined: 12 Sep 2011 Posts: 2329 | TRs | Pics Location: Seattle, WA |
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Mon Dec 11, 2017 3:05 pm
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ok I know they're harmless but that one pic makes my few remaining hairs stand on end
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Bloated Chipmunk Cock Rock Searcher
Joined: 29 Jan 2007 Posts: 2993 | TRs | Pics Location: Margaritaville |
Yeah, I'd never want to hold one!
Home is where the hiking is.
"Peaks that have come and gone four times should halt a man in his steps." -- William O. Douglas
A balanced diet is a margarita in each hand.
Home is where the hiking is.
"Peaks that have come and gone four times should halt a man in his steps." -- William O. Douglas
A balanced diet is a margarita in each hand.
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Gimpilator infinity/21M
Joined: 12 Oct 2006 Posts: 1684 | TRs | Pics Location: Edmonds, WA |
That's a fun area to explore. How amazing to have a close encounter with a tarantula. I still haven't seen one. You know, above the mine site is one of my all time favorite desert peaks, Travellers Peak.
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Bloated Chipmunk Cock Rock Searcher
Joined: 29 Jan 2007 Posts: 2993 | TRs | Pics Location: Margaritaville |
Yeah I tried to go to Travelers Pk. once, but turned around when we got a closer view of that "dirty loose crack" near the top.
Home is where the hiking is.
"Peaks that have come and gone four times should halt a man in his steps." -- William O. Douglas
A balanced diet is a margarita in each hand.
Home is where the hiking is.
"Peaks that have come and gone four times should halt a man in his steps." -- William O. Douglas
A balanced diet is a margarita in each hand.
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Gimpilator infinity/21M
Joined: 12 Oct 2006 Posts: 1684 | TRs | Pics Location: Edmonds, WA |
Interesting. Looks like you went a different way. I stayed on the ridge most of the way above the mine and it was exposed at times, but not bad.
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Sculpin Member
Joined: 23 Apr 2015 Posts: 1376 | TRs | Pics
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Tue Dec 12, 2017 10:30 am
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After seeing your TRs from that area, I'm hoping to hike in those slots some day soon.
I am going to add a public service announcement (hopefully without threadjacking):
Folks, don't touch spiders and don't let them crawl on you. Any spider. They all feed themselves the same way AFAIK, by injecting poison that dissolves tissue. Yes, many are not aggressive (like tarantulas), many cannot penetrate human skin, yada, yada. But there are thousands of species and I'm betting you don't know them all, and size is not a reliable indicator of danger.
Everybody has heard about the brown recluse and the black widow, which make very painful bites. But the problem is that with any spider bite, the tiny puncture wounds heal over very quickly and seal the poison inside, preventing your body from pushing the infection out. Often you don't even feel it. Even the tiniest spider bite that you don't feel can turn into a very nasty - to the point of life-threatening - infection.
Between every two pines is a doorway to the new world. - John Muir
Between every two pines is a doorway to the new world. - John Muir
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