Escaping the heat in the Santa Ritas

[sirena]

I escaped the heat and welcomed the monsoon with an overnight up to Baldy Saddle and summited Mt. Ian on the Santa Rita Crest. Two days later, I was back to Madera Canyon for a fun loop dayhike to Rogers Rock and saw two of the most colorful spiny lizards engaged in an epic battle:

http://desertsirena.wordpress.com/2010/07/09/santa-rita-wilderness-baldy-saddle-overnight-mt-ian-and-rogers-rock/
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[Deborah]

nice write up. You are very brave backpacking alone. Especially in the Santa Ritas.
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Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life. - Rachel Carson

[sirena]

Thanks- I find if I stay away from the lower springs and camping spots, that I decrease the risk of running into whatever illegal activity is in the area. As I said in my post, I wouldn't think of camping at Josephine Saddle by myself.
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[Trishness]

Sirena......I love the Santa Ritas, Madera and Wrightson Peak...this is one of my "escape to" places.....


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"Eastward the dawn rose, ridge behind ridge into the morning, and vanished out of eyesight into guess; it was no more than a glimmer blending with the hem of the sky, but it spoke to them, out of the memory and old tales, of the high and distant mountains." — J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of The Rings.