Moab, Day 4
Today I have discovered that some payoffs are not worth the ride.
We spent the day in Pritchett’s Canyon, well known for it’s extreme obstacles. Most of the day was uneventful; a big rock here, a crevice there, a couple of ledges next to sharp drop-offs into certain death…
We traveled the trail without incident, 3 .5 miles into the 4 mile trek, when we had to stop.
In front of us was what was described as an “extreme obstacle.” Translated into English, there was a large rock wall that lead to a precarious shelf that would throw the Jeep seriously off-camber, and possibly hurtling down the cliff. If you were lucky enough to make the left turn, you were rewarded with a pathway that led somewhere up the rock, but it over two stories up, so you couldn’t see where the path lead. Given what I was seeing at the moment, I didn’t care where it went.
“No, f-ing way!” I protested loudly. “Let me out!” I bailed out of the Jeep with my camera in tow, and began climbing the rock to see where the path went. Even on foot, it was scary. As I rounded the left turn, there was a small arch in the distance.
We decided to turn back, and that evening, in honor of the arch, we ate at McDonald’s.
July 7th, 2007 at 6:23 am
I would have eaten 2 bigmacs after that