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| At the base of the letter A. |
Above my motel room in Tucson rose tiny Sentinel Peak, also
known as A Mountain, due to the giant white “A” plastered across its face (one
of those college things). Coming into town after my dad’s memorial (below), I
thought I might have just enough time to run up the peak before dark and thereby
add one more baby summit to my list. After driving around in figure-8s lost for
a while, I found the correct sideroad leading up the hill. But police had the
road blocked and shooed me away.
39. Sentinel Peak: Early the next morning (November 4), my
brother agreed to a drive up the hill before heading to the airport to catch
our flights back east. This time, we made it up and I hopped out of the car at
the bottom of the “A” and walked the last 0.3 mile and 100 vertical feet up to
the top. Okay, it was a wimpy summit hike, but it was such a gorgeous morning I
had to count it. I zipped down the other side to meet my brother and we
scurried to the airport.
Miles (RT): 0.4
miles; elevation gain: 100 feet
Cumulative mileage and gain:
166.2 miles / 47,100 feet
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| Tucson from la cumbre. |
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