Today, we violated the first rule of out-and-back hiking: Make sure that the out is uphill. And we nearly violated its canyon hiking corollary: Make sure that you can climb up anything that you jump down. Today, we hiked Wild Steer Canyon from the top. It was beautiful. We all agreed that it was the most beautiful (and rugged) canyon of the week.
Unfortunately, after three hard (downhill) miles, VSO stumbled and tweaked her hip. She was limping and it made for a long uphill jump. On top of that, a heavy layer of clouds moved in and the day turned gloomy. At least the truck started when we reached the road. There were some other folks who were less fortunate (below). We stopped to offer a hand but they had, evidently, hitched a ride with someone else.
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