1214 miles round-trip from Tucson to the end of the road in The Maze at the Dollhouse.
6 hours one-way to drive 47 miles from Hite, Utah to The Maze itself.
5 miles of hiking barefoot hiking in 500 foot deep slot canyons, less than 50 meters wide.
I learned how to rockcrawl, or as I think of it now: I can hike with a truck.
Canyonlands is way out there, I mean, WAY out there.
I've woken the last two nights with the feel of warm smooth rock underfoot. My soles appear to have muscle memory.
It is hard to explain what The Maze is...I'm completely at a loss for words.
Here are some pictures and musings from way out there.
Maze Light
River scour, barefoot walkFor reference: the top of the red wall is 375 feet above the riverbed.
Further up canyon in the Maze
From above, looking down in
And yes, those are canyons in every direction.
And yes, those are canyons in every direction.
In the land of standing rocks
The Dollhouse sky
Camp at the end of the road, The DollhouseThe 10/10/10 poem
Sunrise over the river
Dollhouse crack high above
the sinuous tremble of rock
splitting into infinity
the fall of water in
every direction color
endless soft drops of form
of light, of birds calling
ravens cackling, jays shouting
the morning brewing
the light rising
the day beginning.
Sunrise over the river
Dollhouse crack high above
the sinuous tremble of rock
splitting into infinity
the fall of water in
every direction color
endless soft drops of form
of light, of birds calling
ravens cackling, jays shouting
the morning brewing
the light rising
the day beginning.
Downstream to Cataract Canyon, on the Colorado River
Brown Betty Rapids, Cataract Canyon
Overlooking Surprise Valley, the Colorado is barely visible to the left and 1200 feet below.
Drying creek bed
Goodnight Needles, a 100 mile view north to south
Dollhouse Moonrise
Yes, that is the road.Actually, I only broke a single leaf spring and never scraped.
Did I mention that I love having a truck?
