The long hike i was strongly discouraged to go on, and as such didn't go. Arion described it as 5 times what the Summerhaven hike was, and I decided I didn't have enough time or water with me to risk it. I was right, from the sounds of it I'd have needed 4 or 5 bottles to keep me hydrated enough, and probably would have taken close to a half an hour to an hour to keep up.
Instead, myself and 5 others piled into the car to walk across the desert. The national park was beautiful, and although I didn't have the glory of being atop the mountain, being on the desert floor gave me an entirly different perspective of the desert. We wandered aimlessly along the trails (map was left in the car by someone who will not be named) for a few hours, before returning back to the car. A quick lunch and a trip to the giftshop later, we are back at La Quinta.
I will be shortly receiving the converted data from Ian. Tonight I'll be registaxing all the data, and hopefully I'll have a few good images. I so far have no idea what the poster will be detailing; I'll be speaking to Arion tonight or tomorrow to really cement what the poster topics will pertain to.
You guys should have a movie:
ReplyDelete6 Adventures stranded in the desert, wanding aimlessly. No map, little water, and jumping cacti attacks everywhere.
Will they ever make it back to the gift shop?
Can they stand the wait for the others arrival?
How much of each others company can they take?
Coming to theaters near you summer of 2012
Ryan, they have a movie like that. It's called Vacation. It follows the Griswold family as they get lost in the desert, suffer breakdown, and basically adhere strictly to Murphy's Law.
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