https://t.co/nZiirU0BSz | The first time I was in Arches National Park I was on a cross-country road trip driving a friend's car back home to California from Virginia in 2014.
I knew about Delicate Arch but didn’t know what it was called. I figured if I wandered around the park
https://t.co/iHfJx0UGRt | Hayduke Day 53: Hayduke ✅
Today brings to an end a wild and surprising journey.
The Duck was both everything like what I expected and nothing like what I expected.
Lots of solitude in the desert, heavy water carries, heaps of bushwhacking, concerning
https://t.co/WVI3rM4Zh7 | Hayduke Day 52: Our plan for Zion National Park (i.e., the end of the trail) is to hike up the west end of the park, camp outside the park tonight along the western border, and then enter the park from the northwest via the West Rim Trail - this will the
https://t.co/IiDp0drp9q | Hayduke Day 51: Today begins with a hike up Water Canyon - a popular hiking destination in the area and one already becoming crowded with day hikers by the time we’ve packed up and taken advantage of the trailhead privy.
We hike up the trail to a waterf
https://t.co/KWq49o77EE | Hayduke Day 50: If you’ve read the book Under the Banner of Heaven, you may be able to imagine what the towns of Colorado City and Hilldale are like. If you’re unfamiliar with the book and/or the Fundamentalist Latter-Day Saints, I can tell you that the
https://t.co/76909vdaxZ | Hayduke Day 49: After carefully packing our bags for what will likely be the final hotel stay of the trail, we take oldmanrigney and kasekittykoopkat’s car back to Hack Canyon, where we lock it up, hide the key, and leave it for them to return to when
https://t.co/ysbuV82Jhi | Hayduke Day 48: After stopping to get caches for artemis_hikes, heavyteva, and involuted, we continue up to the road where, through the magic of unlimited Garmin inReach messaging, we are expecting to find oldmanrigney and kasekittykoopkat waiting f
https://t.co/gd9kuNA5ki | Hayduke Day 47: Fortunately, we were not swept away in a flash flood last night.
Kanab Creek has a sensor at the confluence with the Colorado River so you can check the current and historical water levels. According to the sensor, Kanab Creek flashed wh
https://t.co/OdxHYXYLJL | Hayduke Day 46: We pack up early and wait for the first rafting group to stop (most groups will stop here as Deer Creek Falls is one of the most accessible highlights along the Colorado River).
The sun is encroaching and we slowly retreat into a small o
https://t.co/YjRf7zx2IB | Hayduke Day 44: Today we need to make another call. We're clear of Shinumo Creek which means we're going to be able to make it through to the end (we hope), but there's another creek that we're worried about, Tapeats Creek.
The access to Tapeats is (app
https://t.co/A8rN5OFy6n | Hayduke Day 43: I’m optimistic when I wake up. I think we’re going to make it across Shinumo Creek. Last night I squeezed around a bend in the river we thought impassible and it opened a new area to explore and attempt to cross. We have a plan to attempt