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This is the morning we go backpacking to the village called Supai. Ms. Katie Fahrer and
Mrs. Lupita Montijo hand out water to the students as they board the bus. The students got up at
5:30am and ate breakfast in the motel parking lot. A 1.5 hour drive from here is where we start
the hike.
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This is the Hualapai Hill Top in the Havasupai reservation, the auto road just ends
here and a dirt trail begins. The Havasupai Indian tribe owns Hualapai Hill Top and the camp sight we
will use. Some of the students volunteered to carry extra things like cooking pots. We
tie the pots onto their backpacks just before starting the hike. Some students have apprehensions
about how this will go, but the students have a lot of energy and their friends are here if the going gets tough. A Native American girl watches us with great interest.
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We are starting down the steep part of the trail and it's not very wide. We call this part
the 'Switch backs'. Students must watch every step on this part. There are loose rocks
everywhere. Good thing the students are well rested and able to concentrate on every step.
They should stop if they want to sight see. The steep part lasts only 1 1/2 miles.
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When horses are seen on the trail we tell the students to yell "Horses" to warn the hikers ahead
and behind. When they hear this we have them get well off the trail to let the horses go by.
Here a pack train of horses pass by our students as they wait beside the trail. Sometimes the horses
pass at a gallop and stir up a lot of dust. When this happens the students put a bandana over their
mouth to prevent breathing the dust.
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Mr. Ryan Knapp helps this tired student by tying her shoe laces. We don't let students
hike with their shoe laces untied. All the adults hiking down with the students check for things like
this. This hike is almost 12 miles and at 10 miles we reach the Supai Indian village.
Then 1.5 miles more to reach the campground.
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One of the first things you see when entering the Supai villageis a rock formation with double
chimeny like stone formations. The Natives call this formation the "Wigleeva".
The two big rocks appear like balanced monoliths watching over the Supai valley. The Natives believe
they will live peacefully in this valley as long as the Wigleeva are standing. The trek logo depicts
the Wigleeva and is on our T-Shirts as shown above and to the right.
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