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Friday, January 11, 2008

Phoenix' Seven Summits


That's Phoenix behind me. From the top of Camelback Mountain. Photo compliments of the Happy Hiking Buddy -- © 2005. Posted by Picasa

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:
Shadow1 mile440 ft climbModerate
Lookout1475Strenuous
North1.6614Moderately Strenuous
Shaw Butte5670Moderately Strenuous
Piestawa Peak2.41190Strenuous
South71310Strenuous
Camelback2.31300

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?