ÿþ<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Wupatki Walkabout, 2011 </TITLE> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT=">Wupatki National Monument, Walkabout, arizona, pueblo, petroglyphs, rock art, backcountry, backpacking"> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="Wilderness Vagabond! Trip Reports and Other Stuff"> <META NAME="author" CONTENT="Rob Jones"> <META NAME="copyright" CONTENT="Copyright © 2011 Rob Jones"> </HEAD> <BODY LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#800080"> <CENTER><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT COLOR="#804040"><FONT SIZE=+2><B>Wupatki Walkabout <td width=72><img src=saveat1.gif></B></CENTER></FONT> <BR><CENTER><FONT SIZE=4><FONT COLOR="#930049"><B>Crack-in-Rock Backpack <BR>Ranger-led backpack to backcountry pueblos and petros </B></FONT></FONT></FONT></CENTER> <BR><CENTER><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><FONT COLOR="#000000">October 15 - 16, 2011</CENTER></FONT></FONT></FONT> <CENTER><br>Text &copy; copyright by Rob; and Photos &copy; copyright by Rob</b></i></CENTER> <! --------------------------------------- this first table is across 2 collums -----------------------------------------> <CENTER> <TABLE BORDER=6 BORDERCOLOR="#930049" CELLSPACING=1> <TR><TD ALIGN=center COLSPAN=2> <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 WIDTH=533 HEIGHT=400> <TR><TH> <A HREF="wwup-2011-intro1.jpg"><IMG SRC="twup-2011-intro1.jpg" ALT="Wupatki Pueblo Moonset" BORDER=0></A> </TH></TR><TR><TH> <FONT SIZE=-1><FONT COLOR="#B70000">Wupatki Pueblo Moonset</FONT> <BR><I><FONT SIZE=-4> <FONT COLOR="#b200b2">(Click the image for the full-size image)</FONT> </I></TABLE> </TD><TD ALIGN=center> <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 WIDTH=533 HEIGHT=300> <TR><TH> <A HREF="wwup-2011-intro2.jpg"><IMG SRC="twup-2011-intro2.jpg" ALT="Pottery Gription - Finger Hole" BORDER=0></A> </TH></TR><TR><TH> <FONT SIZE=-1><FONT COLOR="#B70000">Pottery Gription - Finger Hole</FONT> <BR><I><FONT SIZE=-4> <FONT COLOR="#b200b2">(Click the image for the full-size image)</FONT> </I></TABLE> </TD></TR></TABLE></CENTER> <! --------------------------------------- first table ends --------------------------------> <P> <P> <! --------------------------------------- this table is across 3 collums, so it stands alone -----------------------------------------> <CENTER> <TABLE BORDER=7 BORDERCOLOR=BROWN CELLSPACING=1> <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=3> <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 WIDTH=950 HEIGHT=201> <TR><TH> <A HREF="wwup-2011-pano-crack-in-rock-mesa-to-little-colorado.jpg"> <IMG SRC="twup-2011-pano-crack-in-rock-mesa-to-little-colorado.jpg" ALT="pano - Crack-in-Rock mesa to Little Colorado River - scroll L-R to view it all (6879 x 900 pixels, 2.2mb)" BORDER=0></A> </TH></TR><TR><TH> <FONT SIZE=-1><FONT COLOR="#B70000">pano - Crack-in-Rock mesa to Little Colorado River - scroll L-R to view it all (6879 x 900 pixels, 2.2mb)</FONT> <BR><I><FONT SIZE=-4> <FONT COLOR="#b200b2">(Click the image for the full-size image)</FONT> </I></TABLE> </TD></TR></TABLE></CENTER></CENTER> <! --------------------------------------- table ends --------------------------------> <P>Wupatki NM (National Monument); Ranger-led overnight backpack about 16 miles total. <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp With Kathleen Jones (and 11 total other hikers) and Ranger Holly, including Hank, Janice, Heidi of the NPS (National Park Service), Jake and Kathy from Eastern Washington - a memorable bunch. <P><FONT SIZE=3><FONT COLOR="#930049"><B><I>The art of adventure implies active visual exploration that is more mental than physical. The art becomes an adventure and vice versa. 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<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp <B><U>Day 1: Walkabout to Crack-in-Rock Pueblo</U>:</B> 8 miles or so. <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp The shimmering auriferous Quaking Aspen leaves are gilded frontscape to the ebony basalt. Kathleen and I are driving through Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument, on our way to rendezvous with a group of backpackers to hike into the protected backcountry of Wupatki National Monument. We have scored a waiting list spot on this ranger-led hike where no GPS or other location devices are allowed. How does a public agency attempt to balance the disparate goals of public visitation and resource protection in these days of crushing population decimation of all resources? Because many of the 7 billion people (and sadly, with declining abilities, most American students of math) on this, our only Eaarth (see Bill McKibben), have no concept of geometric progression, we are destined (already have?) to far outstrip the water, oxygen, tillable land, etc. and repeat the admittedly lesser errors of the pueblo people. Full catastrophe living. <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp The variegated polychrome pottery shard glistens against the deep saturated reddish brown of the Moencopi Formation. White on black, corrugated, corrugated with fingerprints (wow!), red on black, a red slip with imbedded tiny black cinders (Sunset Red, named after the nearby Sunset Crater), the cinders local from the geologically recent eruptions, and a checkerboard style of black on white - perhaps a Kayenta black on white. See the Coils that Bind pdf in the links section. <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp Moving on, there's a chunk of pottery with a finger hole or loop for a carrying strap. Amazing, fit your finger into this grip. Gription to the past. A middle length of projectile point or scraper. Field enclosures lined with Kaibab Limestone, surface pitted in characteristic limestone manner. The enclosures were apparently designed to hold soil/moisture and regulate which crop went where. A nearby surface ruin might have been a watch shelter, for youngsters assigned to keep animals from eating the precious crops. Carefully stacked and mortared structures. These are among the wonders we see on the way to camp, along with the monocline, near Crack-in-Rock Pueblo. Oh, and some petros too. <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp The monocline juts up as we walk to camp, with Kaibab Limestone atop the slant of reef, while we're walking on the relatively flat Moenkopi Formation. <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp As soon as camp is thrown into place, we hike up slope in fading light to Crack-in-Rock, replete with its calendar wall - portals may mark the sunset/sunrise important times; time to plant, etc. Of course, a crack affords entry to the plaza atop the mesa - grandeur. The vista sweeps over the crop enclosures, nearby pueblos and mesas, and out to the Little Colorado River and beyond. <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp The night is windy at first, and Kathleen and I sleep on a low ridge paved with small polished river cobbles from past eons. As the nearly full moon rises, winds calm. Silhouettes of pueblo-studded mesas, like jagged jack-o-lantern teeth, ring the Western skyline. <P><FONT SIZE=3><FONT COLOR="#930049"><B><I>The longest journey begins with a single step, not with a turn of the ignition key. </I></B> Edward Abbey </FONT></FONT> <H3 align="center"><FONT color="#000080">Wupatki - photo set 2</FONT></H3> <P align="center"> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLSPACING="2" CELLPADDING="2" WIDTH="0%" ALIGN="Center"> <CAPTION ALIGN="Top">Click thumbnail to see full size image</CAPTION> <TR> <TD ALIGN="Center" VALIGN="Middle"><A TARGET="_self" HREF="http://wildernessvagabond.com/wupatki-2011/wwup-2011-day1-13 pueblo dreams.jpg"><IMG BORDER="1" SRC="http://wildernessvagabond.com/wupatki-2011/twwup-2011-day1-13 pueblo dreams.jpg" Width="367" Height="275" ALT="wwup-2011-day1-13 pueblo dreams.jpg (353243 bytes)"></A><P><A TARGET="_self" HREF="http://wildernessvagabond.com/wupatki-2011/wwup-2011-day1-13 pueblo dreams.jpg">wwup-2011-day1-13 pueblo dreams.jpg</A></P></TD> <TD 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assortment of most excellent glyphs. Around the wall, more ruined pueblos and a mountain lion glyph. <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp We're spending much of the morning investigating Middle and Horseshoe Mesas. Lots of stuff out here. Pristine. Without ATVs, RVs, or hoards of people, there is decent survival of important links to the past. Peaceful and generally undisturbed - unlike the vandalized and looted ruins of Grand Gulch and most other once treasures. <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp I raise my camera for a Mountain Lion glyph photo. And - nothing. A new battery does not revive it. OH-OH, damnation. Feeling sad, I take mind photos of more extensive works of people who have gone before. <H3 align="center"><FONT color="#000080">Wupatki - photo set 3</FONT></H3> <P align="center"> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLSPACING="2" CELLPADDING="2" WIDTH="0%" ALIGN="Center"> <CAPTION ALIGN="Top">Click thumbnail to see full size image</CAPTION> <TR> <TD ALIGN="Center" VALIGN="Middle"><A TARGET="_self" HREF="http://wildernessvagabond.com/wupatki-2011/wwup-2011-day2-1 pueblo.jpg"><IMG BORDER="1" SRC="http://wildernessvagabond.com/wupatki-2011/twwup-2011-day2-1 pueblo.jpg" Width="367" Height="275" ALT="wwup-2011-day2-1 pueblo.jpg (304520 bytes)"></A><P><A TARGET="_self" HREF="http://wildernessvagabond.com/wupatki-2011/wwup-2011-day2-1 pueblo.jpg">wwup-2011-day2-1 pueblo.jpg</A></P></TD> <TD ALIGN="Center" VALIGN="Middle"><A TARGET="_self" HREF="http://wildernessvagabond.com/wupatki-2011/wwup-2011-day2-2 petro moon.jpg"><IMG BORDER="1" SRC="http://wildernessvagabond.com/wupatki-2011/twwup-2011-day2-2 petro 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map" BORDER=0></A> </TH></TR><TR><TH> <FONT SIZE=-1><FONT COLOR="#B70000">Wupatki basic map</FONT> <BR><I><FONT SIZE=-4> <FONT COLOR="#b200b2">(Click the image for the full-size image)</FONT> </I></TABLE> </TD></TR></TABLE></CENTER> <! --------------------------------------- first table ends --------------------------------> <P> <H3 align="center"><FONT color="#000080">Scenic Toilet of Wupatki</FONT></H3> <P align="center"> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLSPACING="2" CELLPADDING="2" WIDTH="0%" ALIGN="Center"> <CAPTION ALIGN="Top">Click thumbnail to see full size image</CAPTION> <TR> <TD ALIGN="Center" VALIGN="Middle"><A TARGET="_self" HREF="http://wildernessvagabond.com/wupatki-2011/wwup-2011- scenic toilet1.jpg"><IMG BORDER="1" SRC="http://wildernessvagabond.com/wupatki-2011/twwup-2011- scenic toilet1.jpg" Width="367" Height="275" ALT="wwup-2011- scenic toilet1.jpg (346866 bytes)"></A><P><A TARGET="_self" HREF="http://wildernessvagabond.com/wupatki-2011/wwup-2011- scenic toilet1.jpg">wwup-2011- scenic toilet1.jpg</A></P></TD> <TD ALIGN="Center" VALIGN="Middle"><A TARGET="_self" HREF="http://wildernessvagabond.com/wupatki-2011/wwup-2011- scenic toilet2.jpg"><IMG BORDER="1" SRC="http://wildernessvagabond.com/wupatki-2011/twwup-2011- scenic toilet2.jpg" Width="206" Height="275" ALT="wwup-2011- scenic toilet2.jpg (137017 bytes)"></A><P><A TARGET="_self" HREF="http://wildernessvagabond.com/wupatki-2011/wwup-2011- scenic toilet2.jpg">wwup-2011- scenic toilet2.jpg</A></P></TD> <TD ALIGN="Center" VALIGN="Middle"><A TARGET="_self" HREF="http://wildernessvagabond.com/wupatki-2011/wwup-2011- scenic toilet3.jpg"><IMG BORDER="1" SRC="http://wildernessvagabond.com/wupatki-2011/twwup-2011- scenic toilet3.jpg" Width="367" Height="275" ALT="wwup-2011- scenic toilet3.jpg (404971 bytes)"></A><P><A TARGET="_self" HREF="http://wildernessvagabond.com/wupatki-2011/wwup-2011- scenic toilet3.jpg">wwup-2011- scenic toilet3.jpg</A></P></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </P> <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp <FONT SIZE=3><FONT COLOR="#930049"><B><I>But of course a happy man's true paradise is his own good nature. </I></B> Edward Abbey </FONT></FONT> <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp <FONT SIZE=3><FONT COLOR="#930049"><B><I>Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell. </I></B> Edward Abbey, "Money, Et Cetera'' in A Voice Crying in the Wilderness </FONT></FONT> <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp <FONT SIZE=3><FONT COLOR="#930049"><B><I>The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject. </I></B> Marcus Aurelius </FONT></FONT> <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp <FONT SIZE=3><FONT COLOR="#930049"><B><I> Stupidity got us into this mess - why can't it get us out? </I></B> Will Rogers </FONT></FONT> <P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT COLOR="#804040"><FONT SIZE=+2><B>More truth than joke:</FONT></FONT></FONT> <P>&#9;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Atlantic notes about the below graph: <BR>&#9;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Based on data from the Congressional Budget Office and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Its significance is not partisan (who's "to blame" for the deficit) but intellectual. It demonstrates the utter incoherence of being very concerned about a structural federal deficit but ruling out of consideration the policy that was largest single contributor to that deficit, namely the Bush-era tax cuts. <P> <! --------------------------------------- this first table is across 3 collums, so it stands alone -----------------------------------------> <CENTER> <TABLE BORDER=10 BORDERCOLOR=RED CELLSPACING=1> <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=3> <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 WIDTH=315 HEIGHT=350> <TR><TH> <A HREF="two presidents and costs.gif"><IMG SRC="ttwo presidents and costs.jpg" ALT="bush vs Obama - cost of policy changes" BORDER=0></A> </TH></TR><TR><TH> <FONT SIZE=-1><FONT COLOR="#B70000">bush vs Obama - cost of policy changes</FONT> <BR><I><FONT SIZE=-4> <FONT COLOR="#b200b2">(Click the image - source is The New York Times, Congressional Budget Office; Center on Budget and Policy Priorities) </FONT> </I></TABLE> </TD></TR></TABLE></CENTER> <! --------------------------------------- first table ends --------------------------------> <P> <P> <! --------------------------------------- this first table is across 3 collums, so it stands alone -----------------------------------------> <CENTER> <TABLE BORDER=10 BORDERCOLOR=BROWN CELLSPACING=1> <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=3> <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 WIDTH=400 HEIGHT=522> <TR><TH> <A HREF="paul krugman.jpg"><IMG SRC="paul krugman.jpg" ALT="Paul Krugman - on Wall Street" BORDER=0></A> </TH></TR><TR><TH> <FONT SIZE=-1><FONT COLOR="#B70000">Paul Krugman - on Wall Street</FONT> <BR><I><FONT SIZE=-4> <FONT COLOR="#b200b2"> </FONT> </I></TABLE> </TD></TR></TABLE></CENTER> <! --------------------------------------- first table ends --------------------------------> <P> <P> <! --------------------------------------- this first table is across 3 collums, so it stands alone -----------------------------------------> <CENTER> <TABLE BORDER=10 BORDERCOLOR=BROWN CELLSPACING=1> <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=3> <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 WIDTH=400 HEIGHT=513> <TR><TH> <A HREF="wsarah palin presents Revere's ride fun-times-8-11.jpg"> <IMG SRC="tsarah palin presents Revere's ride fun-times-8-11.jpg" ALT="sarah palin presents Revere's ride" BORDER=0></A> </TH></TR><TR><TH> <FONT SIZE=-1><FONT COLOR="#B70000">sarah palin presents Revere's ride</FONT> <BR><I><FONT SIZE=-4> <FONT COLOR="#b200b2"> </FONT> </I></TABLE> </TD></TR></TABLE></CENTER> <! --------------------------------------- first table ends --------------------------------> <P> <P> <! --------------------------------------- this first table is across 3 collums, so it stands alone -----------------------------------------> <CENTER> <TABLE BORDER=10 BORDERCOLOR=RED CELLSPACING=1> <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=3> <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 WIDTH=400 HEIGHT=289> <TR><TH> <A HREF="wgod speaks compassionate conservatism.jpg"> <IMG SRC="tgod speaks compassionate conservatism.jpg" ALT="God speaks compassionate Socialism" BORDER=0></A> </TH></TR><TR><TH> <FONT SIZE=-1><FONT COLOR="#B70000">God speaks compassionate conservatism</FONT> <BR><I><FONT SIZE=-4> <FONT COLOR="#b200b2"> </FONT> </I></TABLE> </TD></TR></TABLE></CENTER> <! --------------------------------------- first table ends --------------------------------> <P> <! --------------------------------------- this first table is across 3 collums, so it stands alone -----------------------------------------> <CENTER> <TABLE BORDER=10 BORDERCOLOR=RED CELLSPACING=1> <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=3> <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 WIDTH=360 HEIGHT=349> <TR><TH> <A HREF="bush-i-screwed-you-all.jpg"><IMG SRC="bush-i-screwed-you-all.jpg" ALT="A final note from bushco" BORDER=0></A> </TH></TR><TR><TH> <FONT SIZE=-1><FONT COLOR="#B70000">A final, and still horribly relevant, note from bushco</FONT> <BR><I><FONT SIZE=-4> <FONT COLOR="#b200b2">(Click the image for the full-size image)</FONT> </I></TABLE> </TD></TR></TABLE></CENTER> <! --------------------------------------- first table ends --------------------------------> <P> <P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT COLOR="#804040"><FONT SIZE=+2><B>Links</FONT></FONT></FONT> <P><A HREF="http://www.nps.gov/wupa/index.htm">Click here to see Wupatki National Monument</A> <P><A HREF="http://www.nps.gov/sucr/index.htm">Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument</A> <P><A HREF="http://wildernessvagabond.com/scenictoilets/scenictoilets.htm"> <B>Scenic Toilets of Inner Earth</B></A> <P><P><A HREF="http://wildernessvagabond.com/pictos/pictos.htm">Pictos and Petros - WV site</A> <P><P><A HREF="http://www.billmckibben.com/eaarth/eaarthbook.html">Bill McKibben, Eaarth</A> <P><A HREF="Coils the Bind.pdf">Coils that Bind - NPS pottery review; pdf file</A> <P><A HREF="wupatki - Total destruction not always the result when volcanoes erupt.pdf"> Eruption of Sunset Crater and Sinagua People - AZ Daily Sun, 12-4-2011; pdf file</A> <P><A HREF="A Well regulated wilderness - NY times.pdf">A well-regulated wilderness - why not cover the wilds with ORVs? (NY Times)</A> <P><A HREF="npr-facing planetery enemy no 1 - agriculture 10-12-2011.mp3"> (mp3 file - sound recording) NPR - facing planetery enemy no 1 - agriculture 10-12-2011</A> <P><A HREF="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15449959"> 7 billion and counting - will anyone survive?</A> <P><A HREF="http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/">World population clock - watch the number spin, geometrically, and be frightened, very frightened.</A> <P><A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-QA2rkpBSY">Arithmetic, population, and energy - the geometric function (youtube mini-lecture on math)</A> <P>And - <A HREF="http://users.sisna.com/archman/">Click here to see The Archman's site on Utah and area arches.</A> <P><A HREF="http://www.scenicusa.net/">Click here to see Ben's Scenic USA - Picture of the Day.</A> <Hr NoShade size=3 width=80%> <CENTER> <Table Cellpadding=5 Cellspacing=5 Border=2> <TR> <TH><A HREF="http://wildernessvagabond.com/index.html"> Wild Vagabond Main &nbsp;<IMG SRC="homehan2.jpg" width="43" height="55"></A></TH> <TH><A HREF="http://wildernessvagabond.com/reports.htm"> Trip Report Index &nbsp;<IMG SRC="bear05.gif" width="92" height="66"></A></TH> <TH><A HREF="http://wildernessvagabond.com/caveat/caveat.htm"> Caveat &nbsp;<IMG SRC="kokopel2.gif" width="52" height="72"></A></TH> </TR> </Table> <Hr NoShade size=3 width=80%> </CENTER> <P> </BODY> </HTML>