Granite Mountain Memorial Flagpole

That's awesome. 

More details please. How many people? What all did you use?

 
Well, there were about 18 dudes in our group and then several people that we didn’t know that joined in with digging it out of the sand. Used a jeep with a winch and man power to get it out of the hole and on top of the sand. 

 
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This is Awesome. A true example of what real Duners do. Always ready to pitch in and help a total stranger. There is hope for us yet !!

 Thanks to all involved for restoring the monument to these Firefighters. We visit it almost every trip 

 
Very cool, thanks for bringing it back to the surface. 
 

The wife and I hiked the Granite Mountain Hotshot Memorial trail yesterday as a matter of fact. We’re only about a 90 minute drive from Yarnell. The start of the journey wasn’t too bad with just small patches of snow here and there, but the north side of the mountain had a foot of snow on the ground which turned the trail into mud.  According to the altitude app on my phone the lookout point from which you can see the fatality area is 6400’ and was a tough hike on the slushy trail. Anyways, the state of Arizona did a great job creating the memorial for all of the hikers who wish to pay their respects to the 19 lives lost in 2013 while trying to protect the town of Yarnell. 
 

Fwiw, it was a tough hike on a maintained trail, just think what the Hotshots have to carry in to battle a fire without any trails to follow. Those guys are true heros. 

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That's awesome...thanks for sharing it here on GD.

DOTM Nom for your group for sure...

 
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