Fay Canyon Extended Sep 12
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FAY CANYON EXTENDED
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We start out on the public trail...
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Soap agave
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At the rockfall, we go on to the end of the Canyon
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In the shade afte the rockfall, a datura in bloom.
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We make our way up a near-vertical wall
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The 'jungle gym' climb with the aid of fallen trees
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This ledge made a good morning break spot
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This is desert varnish, not rock layering
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Now for the most difficult part of the ascent
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The strap-assisted part of the climb
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This gets us up onto a narrow overhang...
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...with a ruin at one end...
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...and a window at the other
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There is some rock art at the ruin
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Through the window, and we're in top of Fay Canyon
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Against a shaded wall, a good lunch spot
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A good view across to our first ruin of the day
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Our third ruin of the day
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There is even a corncob left
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Back on the public trail, and return
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