Royal Arch Loop Adventure

chihiggs · Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 565 Location: Gilbert, AZ

Tim--Congrats on meeting your goals!! That is awesome and exciting; thanks for taking us there the easy way...at the same time I am angry with you Wink

now I want to go... Shocked

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threedogz · Joined: 06 May 2005 Posts: 668 Location: Chandler

This is an awesome trip report Tim! Sounds like you guys had the time of your life. Glad you are all safe.

There is no way I could do this because of my fear of heights, but reading and looking at your pics made me feel like I was there. Thanks for sharing!

All I can say is way to go! Mr. Green

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Arizonaheat · Posted: 4/1/2008, 5:26 am Post subject:

Kudos!! Sounds and looks like a great trip.
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Suz · Joined: 27 Nov 2005 Posts: 3186

Congrats to you....this one is on my list, too. I'll have to wait for my hiking buddy to get out of the hospital and all recovered.....maybe next year for me. Enjoyed your pictures. Thanks for sharing.

sbkelley · Joined: 20 Feb 2007 Posts: 284 Location: Tempe, AZ

Tim,

Congrats - that's a lot of miles and a lot of effort. But at the end of the day, you accomplished your goal.

Those pictures in the canyons past that hairy traverse....gorgeous. Great pics and probably one of the best reports/pics I've seen of that area.

Now you can do a rim-to-rim on the Bass Trail and call it good Laughing

j/k. Way to go

paintninaz · Joined: 06 Jan 2003 Posts: 3515

Ahhh, the memories! It's a fantastic trip, isn't it? Glad you finally got to do it! thumbs up

Looking at your pictures of the "Ledge"

....I'm glad we opted for the other side! Crazy

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Davis2001R6 · Joined: 12 Dec 2003 Posts: 5591 Location: Italy

Thanks for all the kind words and compliments everybody. It will certainly be a trip to remember. Matt you got some awesome pics there man.

I don't even know what canyon trip to plan next now.

Matt Hoffman · Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 701 Location: Grantham, NH

Thanks Tim! I was really hoping that I'd get at least one or two shots that were worth something since I lugged that tripod around the whole time. Thanks again for finding it after it fell off my pack at the "Ledge"! You should see how beat that thing looks now. It is so dirty and scratched. It all goes well with the duct tape I guess. I got my new tripod yesterday. It is so beautiful that I think I will cry when it gets its first scratch.

As far as another canyon trip. How about the Redwall break in Upper Hermit Creek, down Hermit Gorge to Hermit Campground? Mike's been wanting to do this and we just didn't get to it this year. Perhaps in the fall when it cools down again.
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desertgirl · Joined: 19 Jan 2003 Posts: 3350 Location: Chandler, AZ

Great pictures Matt. Going through the pictures bring back some great memories .... Very Happy

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