7/3/15 Day 70, Hunt Lake M1938.3 to Saddle M1958.4 11,074′
Tent – Nights Spent Alone: 8
22.1, 1300.8 Trip Miles
Mostly Cloudy, Rain, thunder&lightening
Day’s of Snow: 7 – Day’s of Rain: 23 – Days of Hail: 13
# of Zero days: 6
6:32 to 5:40 pm
Gila Crossings Final Total: 221
Tick Count: 4 (4 more crawling on me)
Wanted List
Mountain Goat
Grizzly Bear
Sasquatch
Black Bear
Bighorn Sheep
Velociraptor
Mountain Lion
Beaver
Unicorn
Critter Count
2 Deer
1 Pika
1 Marmot
Totals
1) 530 Pronghorn*
2) 244 Elk
3) 129 Chipmunks
4) 119 Lizards
5) 116 Wild Horses
6) 79 Deer**
7) 54 Marmot****
8) 42 Squirrels
9) 40 Cotton Tail Rabbits
10) 35 Ground Squirrels
11) 30 Prairie Dogs
12) 22 Horny Roads
13) 20 Pika
14) 17 Jack Rabbit***
15) 11 Moose
16) 8 Snakes
17) 4 Coyotes
18) 5 Moles
19) 2 Fox
20) 2 Porcupine
21) 2 Rattle Snakes
22) 2 Toads
23) 1 Mouse
24) 1 Skunk
25) 1 Weasel
*181 from car, **3 from car, ***1 from car, ****2 from car
If I said I was sick of the weather I would be lying. I had my first thunderstorm at 8:14 am. I’m not kidding. It was fast, loud, and full of lightening and rain. Others bigger would roll through as the day went on.
I got rained on for about a mile hiking into the Monarch Crest store. I would spend about 4 hours there drying out, sorting food and making plans. As I was about to leave another storm rolled in. It forced me to delay about 45 minutes.
I would get rained on once more but I was in the trees and it wasn’t as bad as the first time. The umbrella is all I needed to stay dry.
I saw many hikers and some bikers practicing for the Monarch Crest Enduro later this summer. I had hoped to stay at a cabin described on my maps as a nice place to stay. It was dark and very dirty. I didn’t even put my head in.
I looked for a place near Marshall Pass but it was filled with car campers. I moved on to a saddle about a mile from the pass. I hear hikers coming up the trail. It was two guys hiking in a few miles. I stood in my boxers and Ibex Woolie talking to them.
Scatman
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