This is not an Environmetalist Whako's page for spreading propaganda.
I grew up enjoying and respecting the outdoors. My family would go to the lake or somewhere outdoors nearly every weekend, even if it was just to go camping. We got soaking wet many times, but that is all part of the experience. So life in the outdoors was part of my upbringing and it will always be a part of my life.
Now I live in New Mexico, and I have been introduced to rappelling. I was sceptical about walking off a cliff backwards at first, but after going down once I was hooked. Now I think that the only way to go down is "ozzy", because it is much more exciting.
On June 21, three other REU students(Michelle Beaver, Ashley Hatch, and Donna Pierce) and I hiked into The Grand Canyon from the north rim. We had originally planned on hiking to the Colorado river which was fourteen miles one way, but we only made it to Roaring Springs which was 5 miles one way.
When we started hiking at the top, it was about 80 degrees and by the time we made it to Roaring Springs, it was pushing the 115 degree mark. The hike down wasn't so bad as long as you had shoes that fit well otherwise your feet would be sliding around and you would get a blister in the first 30 minutes. Once we reached roaring springs, it was pretty warm as I mentioned earlier, so I took my boots off and stuck my feet in the water. BIG MISTAKE!!! The water was about 35 degrees and my feet immediately started to turn blue. The climb back out wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. You figure a five mile climb with an elevation change of about 3,000 feet with people not used to the elevation would take a while. We managed however to make it out in four hours, with only one blister between the four of us.
In the future I want to go back to the Grand Canyon, and backpack to the Colorado river. Sure it is a long strenuous hike, but getting down inside the canyon makes you realize just how big it really is. (WARNING!!!: Don't eat the hamburgers at the snack bar on the north rim, because my friend Ashley ate one and was sick by the time we got back to camp, which was forty miles away!).
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