Prickly pear, cholla, shin-dagger yucca,
scrub oak, manzanita, catclaw,
100 degree temps, heatstroke, packs with gallons of water,
Indian reservations, bombing ranges, Border Patrol,
border crossers, drug smugglers, bounty hunters,
4WD roads, tecnical rock spires,
rattlesnakes, gila monsters, scorpions,
mountain lions, bobcats, and bears --
OH MY!
And you thought finishing Pima County, AZ was "only" a big deal because it has 740 RANKED PEAKS!
Huge congrats to Doug Kasian on a peakbagging feat that will almost certainly never be repeated!
And he writes well, too. If you'd like to read some interesting stories, take a look at
http://www.desertmountaineer.com/blog-3/