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Bernie | profile | all galleries >> January 2015 Gallery >> Achilles Loop tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Achilles Loop

95% bushwacking up an unnamed (I think) peak in the Goldfields. We call it Achilles. We exited from the top ridge down the eastern slope into a wash and followed the wash until we met up with a gorge that took a bit of scrambling to work our way out of. Here are some of the pics...
The beast we call Achilles
The beast we call Achilles		 View from the flanks
View from the flanks		 Weaver behind a stand of saguaro
Weaver behind a stand of saguaro		 Foreground badlands with Four Peaks on the horizon
Foreground badlands with Four Peaks on the horizon
Welded (volcanic) tuff
Welded (volcanic) tuff		 Bre waiting for me to take another pic or two
Bre waiting for me to take another pic or two		 View to the north as we head down the eastern flank of Achilles
View to the north as we head down the eastern flank of Achilles		 Making our way down the flanks
Making our way down the flanks
g9/90/930890/3/158861651.PHG8dXLF.jpg Surveying the landscape
Surveying the landscape		 The Michigan rock
The Michigan rock		 Lunch spot pic 1
Lunch spot pic 1
Lunch spot pic 2
Lunch spot pic 2		 Ascending the gorge leading out of the wash
Ascending the gorge leading out of the wash		 Hydropower serving the Valley of the Sun from the dam at Canyon Lake
Hydropower serving the Valley of the Sun from the dam at Canyon Lake		 Achilles Panorama
Achilles Panorama
Achilles Loop track
Achilles Loop track

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