E. Van Tilburg wrote: "To Canyoneer...is to enter another world...one with cold water, slippery rocks, tight narrows, and tall sheer cliffs. A little Narnia world locked into its own." Canyons offer opportunities for adventures full of wonder and mystery...
They are simply waiting to be discovered... I dreamed and mused about heading out canyoneering for years... Finally last year we made it to Utah. What an amazing adventure experience it was... After just sitting here, musing over some maps and pictures, I had to post again about these places of mystery...
Canyons themselves have often been described as inverted mountain ranges. I quite like that description. There is intense fun to be enjoyed there involving rappelling, climbing, scrambling, route finding, and endless lowerings...
Then there exists the surprise of discovering water and greenery in the depths of a desert, tracks of unknown creatures, and the simple joy of finding ancient polished rock... And of placing a few stones of my own as well...
Returning there will be special; if not this season, maybe the next... Thoughts like these are what often keeps us going and feeds the flames of enthusiasm...
DSD
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