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At 4:20 the Fullers and I caught the regional bus that would drop us off at the trailhead at SandCanyon on Highway 58. We started our hike in the dark with headlamps blazing through the dust of recent construction. The first mile was along the frontage road which must have been wiped out in last fall's rains. After that was a steady climb over 17 miles to Golden Oaks Spring, the only water along our route.
It was so hot climbing the mountain that I broke out my umbrella. What a relief! My head stopped sweeting so much.
At the spring we met up with Asterisk, Tonk, and Holly. Asterisk was filtering water with a leaky filter as he lost the O-ring on the dirty water side, a potential disaster if the leak should contaminate the good water. Deb impressed him by repairing the filter with a little duct tape from which she fashioned a new ring. Then it was Tonks turn to show off a pack that weighed just 14 ounces and could carry fifty pounds. Impressive, but still in development. Finally it was Holly's turn. She lives now in Ridgecrest, our next destination and where I'll meet Betsy again, so she filled us in on all of the sports stores. Great group!
After getting water we hiked another half mile to camp under the windmills in an open field. We expected the wind to stop but it never did so the windmills provided ample white noise to sleep by.
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