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Hike to Rosewood Point, Catalina Mountains, AZ

11/12/2016

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Eight of us collected in a full parking lot at the Pima Canyon trail head.  Sunny day, high around 80, light winds. After hiking 2 miles on trail, we would head off trail so I wondered what the two people in the foreground were thinking, wearing shorts.  They regretted their decision later.
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Above is some of the off trail portion of the hike to our destination.
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We followed Pima Canyon trail for the aforementioned 2 miles and then plunged into the thicket.  Not today's destination but to the north is Table Mountain.
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The undergrowth was thick but not too bad.  Nearing a ridge, at which we would turn right/west, I could see I was almost there.
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The others were not too far behind as Bruce tool a picture of the other following him.
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Arriving at the ridge, the views to the southeast were neat.
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The others arrived.  I had acquired some cactus needles in my left knee so spent a couple of minutes yanking them with a pair of tweezers, which everyone carries in their pack.
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The next phase was climbing through the above wall.  Kind of sketchy and some exposure but I made it.  Meantime, my companions took an alternate route that avoided the climb, which is understandable but I wanted to see if I could make it and then.....
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....waited for them to regroup.
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The actual Rosewood Point is just a small area of slickrock, just beyond the above.  We stopped to eat and refuel but they were taking too long for me and with the Buckeye kick-off coming soon, I checked with hike leader Steven on the way to go....
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...which I thought was down climbing through that cleft to the left of the large cactus.  I was wrong, the correct down climb was farther along the ridge. 
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Looking back, I don't know how I made it through that wall but somehow I did and kept on, zigzagging down through the brush and eventually made it back to the trail.
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I hustled along the trail but looking up, I could see my group standing at the ridge, preparing to drop down, quite a ways south of where I dropped.  How bout that, made it back just before kick-off.  About 6 miles of hiking.
     
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