looking for a friend to do the bridge mountain arch hike in zion

[azhiaziam]

hey my name is joe ilive in mass i visit zion every year . this year i need to do the bridge mountain arch hike i am a novise hiker but am very determand i am looking for a friend or friends with a bit more expairance then me to make the hike i have researched the hike and i knowwhat is instore im looking to do a one day hike to the arch and back i know it a long hike and am well prepaired i will be in zion the second week in oct . anyone is interested please call me at 508-916-9792 or email me at nsjd129 at aol.com

[uintahiker]

I hiked bridge mountain 3 years ago and thoroughly enjoyed the hike. Good luck!

[azhiaziam]

might i add this is a paying job i know you can not hire a guide to go into zion so im lookin for someone who has a bit more exp. or someone who has done it before to be a friend for hire for the day i will take care of all expences im gona do this hike even if it comes down to doing it myself, i will be single when i return, if i go alone but that a chance im willing to take someone help

[ratagonia]

Ah,... to be young and foolish again...

1. If you're going to do something illegal, probably best not to advertise it on the Internets.

2. You know this route has a climbing pitch, right??? Not real hard, be definitely 5th class.

Tom :moses:

[azhiaziam]

Ah,... to be young and foolish again...

1. If you're going to do something illegal, probably best not to advertise it on the Internets.

2. You know this route has a climbing pitch, right??? Not real hard, be definitely 5th class.

Tom :moses:

No , No not trying to do anything illegal just tryin to rent a friend for a day, you rent a car ,you rent a house , why not a friend
I have researched the hike for some time now and from what i hear its a hike better taken in pairs

[tylerhirshfeld]

Plenty of people on these groups who meet up just for fun... with no monetary exchange. Tom is right, if you really want to pay someone to do this, dont ask over open internet. When it comes to this, renting a friend that has the experience and can guide you up there, you are basically asking to hire a guide... which most locals know better not to do. Sorry for the bad news.

[azhiaziam]

NO NO im no looking for anyone to guide me anywere i know the way like i said i have researched the hike for two year and thanks to people like bo and joes guide , thomas brereton and james dunaway and my trusty gps and the ton of maps heck ive taken the hike many times in my sleep so you see it become quite a quest for me. and i heard that this would be the place to find some one to go with but incase you havent noticed nobody is exzactly jumpin at the chance. i know its only been posted for a few days but with every view and no takers my odds get worse all i am saying if someone wanted to take to hike with me but needed a little help with expences to grt to zion on that day i could help. and let me just say that i think that if you could hire a guide it would get more people involved in hiking and mabe people wont get in over their heads and we would have less accidents and less lost and missing people.

[ratagonia]

NO NO im no looking for anyone to guide me anywere i know the way like i said i have researched the hike for two year and thanks to people like bo and joes guide , thomas brereton and james dunaway and my trusty gps and the ton of maps heck ive taken the hike many times in my sleep so you see it become quite a quest for me. and i heard that this would be the place to find some one to go with but incase you havent noticed nobody is exzactly jumpin at the chance. i know its only been posted for a few days but with every view and no takers my odds get worse all i am saying if someone wanted to take to hike with me but needed a little help with expences to grt to zion on that day i could help. and let me just say that i think that if you could hire a guide it would get more people involved in hiking and mabe people wont get in over their heads and we would have less accidents and less lost and missing people.

People who are local probably make their plans not so far in advance. Keep it present, and you might have someone sign up to join you a week or two in advance. It is a wonderful adventure out there, a whole lotta fun!!!

Tom :moses:

[Iceaxe]

Just curious.... out of the hundreds of great adventures in Zion why is it you have your heart so set on Bridge Mountain?

[azhiaziam]

WOW finally some one asks me about the hike . back in the late 70s went i was a wee lad my dad took me to zion i looked much diffrent then it does now, he loved the place in the late 80s he and my mom split and he moved form mass. to grafton and lived like a hermet just to be near zion in the lat 80 he met a man james dunaway and made the hike to crawford arch . he said it changed his life . for year he tryed to get my mom to send me out to see him but she never did heck he could bearly feed him self never mind tack care of me . he wrote me many of letters sitting on to arch when i was old enough to go to see him on my own i was a teenager with better thing to do then see my long bearded dad that lived like a hermet . or so i tought ,i had a great job and dident have the time . five years ago i bought the company and my mom told me my dad was ill and would love it if i went to see him well i found out he had cancer so i planed a trip to zion for the end of 2006 , my dad dident make it 30 days my mom told me it was near the end so i flew out the next day and had the pleasure of spending the last 4 day with him he told me he had made the hike more then twenty times he also told me of a diffrent way to the arch that was a three day hike . one of the last things he said to me is to take the hike " he left me somethimg up there" knowing my dad that could mean anything . so this is the year i need to go sit on the arch im sure ill find what im lookin for Thanks for askin

[Iceaxe]

he moved form mass. to grafton and lived like a hermet just to be near zion in the lat 80 he met a man james dunaway and made the hike to crawford arch . he said it changed his life.

I assume you know that James Dunaway literally wrote the book on Zion's backcountry?

Exploring the Backcountry of Zion National Park: Off-Trail Routes
(http://www.amazon.com/Exploring-Backcountry-Zion-National-Park/dp/0915630257)By James Dunaway and Thomas Brereton

This is also known as the "Green Book". The book came out in 1988 and was update in 1997.... this book is the grandfather of just about every backcountry book or website on Zion.


WOW finally some one asks me about the hike.

Enjoy your adventure.... and don't mind all the internet whining.... some of these guys get caught up in playing Internet Sheriff and forget it's all about the fun and excitement.

And Welcome to Bogley. :2thumbs:

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[ratagonia]

The book is out of print, but usually can be acquired on eBay without too much of a tax.

Tom

[azhiaziam]

yea i found a first print copy of that book my dads hiking stuff alomg with tons of maps and notes on many other zion hkes i never heard of. he also claims to have went down the other side of bridge mountain. his friends told me that he would go hiking for ten days at a time on very little water, canned tuna , peanut butter,raisens and tons of grass, he would camp at the arch and watch the construction. and smoke

[hank moon]

Just curious.... out of the hundreds of great adventures in Zion why is it you have your heart so set on Bridge Mountain?

Well, it *is* one of the finest hikes in park!

[azhiaziam]

im told that this is my dad taken by a park ranger as evidence, he never did get any permits

[Iceaxe]

Cool pic.... and you don't need a permit to day hike Bridge Mtn.

[azhiaziam]

yea my dad roamed the canyon for days at a time but never got any permits he camped at the arch for ten days at one time as well as lady mountain and camp creek. he even states in his log that one night in 89 he was sleeping when he awoke to a mountain lion at his feet and fended him off by hitting square in the face with a can of tuna i just want to add that i have been in contact with bo beck , and he has set me up with a lead to finding a friend for the hike i have had many replys througt private message and may have found someone thanks bo !

[ratagonia]

Cool pic.... and you don't need a permit to day hike Bridge Mtn.

But these days, you would need a permit to camp up there! :crazy:

Interesting picture. My source indicates that the series of pictures was taken before 1950: http://canyoneeringusa.com/rave/0611zion/index3.htm Your dad active there that long ago?

But I did not find one in the archive without the head cut off. Do you have a large-size digital version I could have and use, by any chance? Or point me to a source?

Tom

[azhiaziam]

after more research of my dads family tree i found out that his great,great grandfather was a morman that settled zion in 1860, in 1862 the the town of grafton was wiped out by indians many of the settelers hid in the highland of zion , sometime later william crawford discovered the arch. he and a team set out to the arch the guy in the photo is crawford in 1929 the only one who had the sack to walk out on it. the photo of my dad out on it is similar from a slitely diffrent angle. the photo in my profile someone from this site sent me. cant wait to take the same photo of myself!

[tylerhirshfeld]

Joe,
Not sure if you got my email last week but I am interested in going on this hike with you. I planned on doing it this fall time and sure hope I can go in your group. My email is tylerhirshfeld@hotmail.com.

[Don]

Beer. It's not illegal to get a friend to help you with a hiking adventure then buy him beer and pizza... :naughty:

[Iceaxe]

Beer. It's not illegal to get a friend to help you with a hiking adventure then buy him beer and pizza... :naughty:

Beer, pizza, motel rooms, gear and gas....... all go on my list of acceptable payment for "hiking with a friend".

[azhiaziam]

Beer, pizza, motel rooms, gear and gas....... all go on my list of acceptable payment for "hiking with a friend".

yea never tought of that, theres been many times i got food ,beer and even sex as a payment, sex is out of the qusetion but food , beer and fun are all on the agenda after the hike.
i also want to thank everyone that helped me find this site. it all started at the backcountry desk two years ago when everyone tryed to talk me out of the hike until i got in touch with a cool ranger that put me in touch with this site and bo beck , bo was very help full putting me in touch with friends willing to help me. i had many offers from locals that would guide me for a fee but decided not to go that route i wanted someone to go on the hike with me cuz they wanted not cuz they were getting paid.
well i just like to say a weekend has been set and not only do i have one friend but two of the best canyoneers in zion and on this site joining me for this hike.
i just want to extend my gratitude to everyone that helped me and especiaslly my two new friends!

[azhiaziam]

well the countdown is on, the date has been set, in less then three weeks il be standing on the arch i cant belive its that close, i have had tons of people pm me about the hike wanting to join our group, but out of respect for my new friends taking the hike with me i had to decline. i would like to thank everyone that offered there help, the responce has been overwellming. this site rocks!!!
stay tuned for the trip report.

[hank moon]

well the countdown is on, the date has been set, in less then three weeks il be standing on the arch i cant belive its that close, i have had tons of people pm me about the hike wanting to join our group, but out of respect for my new friends taking the hike with me i had to decline. i would like to thank everyone that offered there help, the responce has been overwellming. this site rocks!!!
stay tuned for the trip report.

Have a great trip, azhiaziam. I was up there a few weeks back and it was very windy - too windy to stand on the arch. Here is hope for low-2-no wind for you and I look forward to the TR (with pix, please).

[Bo_Beck]

yea never tought of that, theres been many times i got food ,beer and even sex as a payment, sex is out of the qusetion but food , beer and fun are all on the agenda after the hike.
i also want to thank everyone that helped me find this site. it all started at the backcountry desk two years ago when everyone tryed to talk me out of the hike until i got in touch with a cool ranger that put me in touch with this site and bo beck , bo was very help full putting me in touch with friends willing to help me. i had many offers from locals that would guide me for a fee but decided not to go that route i wanted someone to go on the hike with me cuz they wanted not cuz they were getting paid.
well i just like to say a weekend has been set and not only do i have one friend but two of the best canyoneers in zion and on this site joining me for this hike.
i just want to extend my gratitude to everyone that helped me and especiaslly my two new friends!

Do me a favor? I went to Crawford Arch with Joe Braun, Tanya, Joe Sr., and Cliff a few years ago and when we got to the arch Joe Jr. brought out his Adventure Jeepney, so I put my Adventure P.T. Crusier alongside and we got pictures of the two vehiclles side by side with the arch in the background. If you can find a 1956- 2 or 4 door Chevy Bel Aire to share your trip, I'd love a picture of this Adventureous American Classic with the magnificant arch in the background?! Jus' kiddin' but I do hope that this trip spawns some magnificant images and memories for you! Cheers.......Bo for sure!

[azhiaziam]

well i almost cant belive im in zion with the hike less then a few days away i can bearly contain myself, i can see the arch right outside my cabin i find myself stareing at it for hours on end, everyone i tell about the hike there eyes light up and the next question they ask is can they come. and whos going with me . but out of all the hikers i talked to at the zion adventure center and the park rangers, i have found no one that has taken the hike. i was told that less then 1% of the hikers that visit zion have done the hike i plan to be in that one percent. im prayin for no rain or wind for that day
again i want to thank all on bogley for the help and insight without this site i may never have taken this hike so heres a bow for the site:hail2thechief:two for bo:hail2thechief::hail2thechief:and abunch for my new friends:hail2thechief::hail2thechief::hail2thechie f::hail2thechief::hail2thechief::hail2thechief::ha il2thechief::hail2thechief::hail2thechief::hail2th echief::hail2thechief::hail2thechief::hail2thechie f::hail2thechief::hail2thechief::hail2thechief::ha il2thechief: :hail2thechief:oh and one for the arch that i now call the S T J arch

[azhiaziam]

well it went down today... the hike was completed in 13 hours just want to thank my two new friends trackrunner and tylerhirshfeld for accompanying me on this epic hike, stay tuned for the trip report and again thanks shaun and tyler i had a blast !