July 19 with Stephen and Camille


02 July, solo from First Water Trailhead


If you get up early enough, you can catch a worm like me. I got up really early, and arrived at the TH before it was light enough to hike. Here is the full moon setting:

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with flash

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no flash

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looking west, as the sun rises behind me

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remember Weaver’s Needle? from another direction!


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I chose this route to hike the Black Mesa Trail. I had been on the part of this loop with Ajanta, part of it with Jaeda, but never had I been on the Black Mesa trail. It made a nice 9.1 mile loop, finished in 3:33, before the heat became unbearable.