Escalante

AN 'EXPLORERS OF THE LOST WORLD' ADVENTURE

Taking place over large expanses of slickrock resembling melted ice-cream cut by hidden canyon with names like Scorpion Gulch. Among the contrasting highlights:

An awe-inspiring encounter with a superlative golden eagle flying alongside at eye level a wing's length away.

Getting stuck in thick & thorny vegetation.

The momentarily fright of sinking into quickmud solo.

Running out of water on a surround horizon of bare slickrock.

Transdimensional lights playing in the sky.

The all-too-common flat tire at the trailhead.