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Black Mage
08-03-2005, 09:43 AM
On July 9th, I met up with a bunch of other geocachers to hike up to Grandview Peak. Here's some pictures.

Everybody gathered at Rocket Park in Bountiful at about 6:30am.
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The caravan taking a quick rest stop.
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Continuing up the trail.
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Preparing to leave the trail head.
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Loading Bunkerdave's pack with rocks to slow him down.
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Our destination (the peak on the right).
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Beginning up the hill to start hiking along the ridge.
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"The Church" storm shelter below the peak.
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Inside "The Church."
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Preparing for the final ascent to Grandview Peak (very steep).
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Taking a much needed rest at the peak.
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Still resting (believe me, that last ascent is a killer!).
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Recovering back at the trail head. Thanks for the food, water, and Motrin, Aim High!
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The setting Sun on our way back down into the valley.
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Sombeech
08-03-2005, 09:55 AM
That looks like a great trip. Was this just a "geocaching" trip?

Looks like quite the clan. You should get them all on here to talk about some geocaching, jeeping, and hiking.

Great pics. Thanks man.

crazy horse
08-03-2005, 10:08 AM
What exactly is that "Church" thing? Some sort of ragtag shelter?

Black Mage
08-03-2005, 11:13 AM
We did hit some caches on our way to and from the peak, but it wasn't "cachers only." Anyone was welcome. Any events that we (geocachers/UTAG) hold are open to all and are listed on the front page of the UTAG site (http://www.utahgeocachers.com) under the "upcoming events" heading.

As for The Church, it's a rather flimsey storm shelter. But it seems to have survived for some time.