There are few trails called Chiva (also Chivo) Falls and this time out we ran the 'lower loop' which circles far to the south. On the USGS topo maps there is a trail that continues West and leads back to Tucson, but unfortunately it blocked with massive objects and very obvious signs.

As I am still crazy behind on updating my blog, I will again sort of barf a bunch of pictures at you with brief descriptive phrases. ;)

Flex shots...

Image credit: TrAiLbUsTy1

Another impromptu weekday night run to Chiva falls with the Tucson gang! SonicFJ, TrAiLbUs1 and TrAiLbUsTy1, microbe and myself set out for what was guaranteed to be an evening filled with excitement and entertainment.

The first order of business was for Sonic to show us that he is a man, no a gorilla, amongst us mere boys by going DOWN the center of three feathers.

Image credit: SonicFJ

I met Jake and Becca and Dan (Sonic) for a fairly impromptu weekday night run of Chiva Falls in Tucson. Chiva is one of the best known trails near Tucson and features a very cool, large, and multifaceted obstacle called Three Feathers.

On Three Feathers there are four main lines. Looking up at the obstacle from the bottom, there is the far left rocky crack thing, the easy bypass in the center-left, the huge depression thing in the center, and the chute on the right. The chute is dangerous because a slip of the tire would pretty well screw up your vehicle if you fell into the it...

I've long talked about wanting to do the chute and the left side and this night was the perfect opportunity. So, as with any obstacle of this magnitude, we spent a lot of time looking at it and talking about the plan of attack before committing.

Image credit: SonicFJ