PDF Reprint - Paria Wilderness

Catalog No. BPLV3PARIA

Description

Originally Published In: Issue 3, Winter 2006

PDF reprint of an article on the Paria Wilderness from Backpacking Light Magazine (Print Version).

• Title: Paria Wilderness
• Author: Paul Grube
• Word Count: 1,717
• Images: 6 Photos

Abstract

My legs ached like a swarm of angry hornets had stung me with freezing venom.They throbbed.Jen sobbed as our weary group of five sloshed through the turbid Paria River on the start of day 3.I stretched a nervous hand behind to feel how much more the red sandstone had abraded the holes in my pack since the day before. I swallowed hard when I felt my gear poking through.“Once the sun gets into the canyon it is going to be a beautiful day,” I said almost convincingly. In truth,it was the lowest point of our five-day hike in the southern Utah and northern Arizona Paria Wilderness.

Our group of five arrived at the Phoenix airport. kevin drove from Tucson, Jen and Paul (author) flew from Sacramento, and ken and Heath flew from outside detroit. From Phoenix we drove the rental minivan to Lee’s Ferry Arizona. The long drive caused our trip to get a late start. We stopped at the ranger station near Whitehouse trialhead to get the latest canyon conditions. The rangers said there were "intermittent, chest-deep cold pools" in the canyon. But we were not put off by this.

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