Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Each year my brother, brothers-in-law (ahem, "the men") mark off a about as much time as we can spare for the hallowed "ain't life simple with everything on my back" backpack trip. Historically, this has gravitated to the desert southwest somewhere (Viva Red Rock! Coyotes Unite!). Some place inhospitable, manly and hard. Where water, when you find it, is 4 miles from camp, up a canyons in small scummy puddles full of with water bugs, lizards and the like. Where the heat often exceeds 108 degrees and that 10L camelback bladder full of said water becomes your most important asset (however mineral-hard it tastes). You can have your beaches, with their attendant blue water. You can have your alpine granite, ridgelines and crampons. You can have your Xbox and the cathode-ray nipple. I'll take red rock, lizards and scraggly juniper, thankyouverymuch! This year, we wandered off in the Needles district of Canyonlands National Park, UT. It was hot, the hiking was physically challenging and the surrounding views were stunning. Each night we sat around, headlamps aglow to read from the good book (Edward Abbey, that is), play cards and make fun of how fast one or the other came down with heat exhaustion. But I digress... http://www.heninger.org/gallery/canyonlands2003/index.htm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . w a d e h e n i n g e r i n t e r a c t i o n d e s i g n a d o b e s y s t e m s , i n c . - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html