Length: 12 miles/6 hours (at a good clip)

No of participants: 9

Activities done on hike: day hike with car shuttle ; getting very tired

General Comments: Long hard hike with great views of the Phoenix area - is a good hike for those in shape for it......is not a good hike for those that are not. I was very tired after this hike and I hike pretty much every weekend (I was also coming down with the flu by the end of the hike - so that may have contributed to my feeling more tired than usual for that type of hike)

Problems /concerns: 

• People showing up in tennis shoes instead of hiking boots
• not enough water & food
• thinking it was a 2 hour hike instead of 6 hours.

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