Final call for Barnhardt Trail, March 22nd

Okay - the day is fast approaching. Here is the deal:

Meeting at the McDonalds on the Bee-line and Shea in Fountain Hills at 7:30AM - then load up and head for the trailhead.

The probable hike is as Mike said in an earlier post:

evenstar · Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 5548 Location: SCW by way of CA

Uhum.....Getting back on topic, it was a great hike with a good bunch. For those of you who missed it and didn't get a chance to meet the "Kindler & Gentler" Hooli....Trust Me...he still lives! and hopes to meet you on our next hike!
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Arizonaheat · Posted: 3/24/2003, 4:42 am Post subject:

Hey, what I want is one of you to write up a dang trip report. I'm getting tired of reading my own material Laughing

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Arizonaheat · Posted: 3/24/2003, 5:18 am Post subject:

Hey Hooli, FYI I have several Cholla friends on the take out in the Supes, that love to jump out and give Jaimi a pain in the butt. I will rent u my magical tweezers and with any luck you can join the color of the day club....... that is if you have those nuclear powered batteries for you pacemaker Laughing

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jmzblond · Posted: 3/24/2003, 6:38 am Post subject:

GTG · Posted: 3/24/2003, 7:25 am Post subject: great hike

This was a great hike folks. It was nice to meet those I hadn't met before. I am sure glad Hooli didn't back into any cactus. I'm not so sure I'm ready for his color. Wacko

As with everyone on the site you are all a great group of people, I hope we have many more of these hikes to come.

GTG
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evenstar · Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 5548 Location: SCW by way of CA

kurthzone · Posted: 3/24/2003, 1:07 pm Post subject:

evenstar · Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 5548 Location: SCW by way of CA

kurthzone · Posted: 3/24/2003, 1:16 pm Post subject:

evenstar · Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 5548 Location: SCW by way of CA

evenstar · Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 5548 Location: SCW by way of CA

One thing I discovered yesterday....I'm not nearly in the shape I was before Thanksgiving. Between training for and doing the Oct. 4 GC backpacking trip, doing Squaw and Camelback back to back and the Packard Trail hike two weeks before Thanksgiving, I was probably in the best shape I've been in since I ran the Marathon in 1984. Since Thanksgiving my longest hikes were less than six miles on level dirt roads 150' below Sea level. Lot more oxygen down there than there was on the Barnhardt trail. Legs were fine, but heart and lungs were fighting each other for space in my chest and they were both losing! Embarassed

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When the Man waked up he said, "What is Wild Dog doing here?" And the Woman said, "His name is not Wild Dog anymore, but the First Friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always. Take him with you when you go hunting."
--Rudyard Kipling, from Just So Stories, 1902