Day 1: Sowats Point (The Affair)

For months before each trip all of the participants spend countless minutes starting to prepare for the impending journey. And as the day approaches those minutes turn into hours, and subsequently the week before every waking moment is focused on the hike. To some point there is a looming stress when you don't know how many socks to bring, or if your ExOfficio underwear should be your only pair of underwear. Then there is an almost magical moment when you feel as though all you calorie counting, training hikes, and Google Earthing have all been worth it, but it is time to let it all go and just hike.



The first step into the canyon is always to trickiest. After all the formerly mentioned planning there is still a haunting thought that something critical isn't in your pack! But once the second foot hits the trail the eyes are over come and the brain is overloaded with the adventure to come; the face takes on a glow, and nothing else matters except the 3 others your with and things that you will see with your two eyes that most will only see in a picture.


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