October 6, 2007
Havasupai
Is Heaven on earth.
Above is a photo of Harry, David and I during this last week, at Havasupai. Harry was a tour guide in his time, true to his abilities, last week he arranged all the reservations, supplied us with packs, camping gear,and enthusiasm.
The hike down into the canyon was about 8 miles and was challenging. Not because it was especially difficult but because we each had about 40 additional pounds strapped to our backs (I wore the wrong shoes and paid the price).
But the pain of blisters is definately outweighed by the rewards of the place. I mean this was our campsite. At which, one night, David made a kick-ass soup, really we ate like Kings and Queens.
Harry's calling in life is to hike and his theory is that when hiking he treats himself as a King.
We mostly hung out at Mooney Falls. Getting down to the bottom of the fall is an amazing event of being reborn from the earth! At the top there are a few switchbacks, then you enter a cavern that has a sort of porch like landing with chain to keep you from falling. Just past this is another cavern leading you to a portion of the climb, guided by chain and 'steps' in the stone wall itself. Straight down.
The water at Havasupai is a fantastic, opal blue color.
The whole three days was amazing.