That's Phoenix behind me. From the top of Camelback Mountain. Photo compliments of the Happy Hiking Buddy -- © 2005.
Described here, the seven summits. Simple problem; climb each of Phoenix's seven summits. No sweat. Easy. The farthest of the lot is 7 miles to the top of South Mountain and back. I've already done Camelback.
But that's pretty casual. Just to make things interesting, let's do it all in a single day, especially since I am not really close by.
Here are the details:
| Shadow | 1 mile | 440 ft climb | Moderate |
| Lookout | 1 | 475 | Strenuous |
| North | 1.6 | 614 | Moderately Strenuous |
| Shaw Butte | 5 | 670 | Moderately Strenuous |
| Piestawa Peak | 2.4 | 1190 | Strenuous |
| South | 7 | 1310 | Strenuous |
| Camelback | 2.3 | 1300 | Strenuous |
| 20.3 Miles | 5999 feet uphill |
Seems like it might make for a compelling hike. Some time in March, while it's still cool. Care to join me?
2 comments:
20.3 miles will be a full day of hiking.
I once was on top of Camelback with a little point and shoot camera. I wanted to take a picture looking down a (more or less) sheer cliff, so I held the camera in one hand and leaned out over the ledge at about chest level. I turned the camera a little bit to attempt to get the horizon in the shot.
I took the photo, thinking that it would be really impressive. Once I had it developed (yes, the camera actually used film) I found that the camera had helpfully focused on a branch sticking out of the rock face about 20 feet down. This visual field (looking down) was completely lost and it looked like just any old bare rock plateau. I was SO disappointed.
That's really the rub with the point and shoot cameras.
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