Canyon Adventures

This one's being written by Dave.  So this summer, I got a calling with the priests and soon thereafter found myself on a camping trip that involved a huge hike the first day.  It was supposed to be a few hours, a few rappels, and we'd call it a day.  We thought we'd grab lunch afterward even.  It ended up being just a bit more than any of us expected though...

It took a total of 12 hours (for the last of us to finish).  There was no trail we followed; we just started at the top of a mountain and made our way down a canyon.  The good news: we all made it out alive despite running out of water several times (there were a few leaders who wisely brought water filters).  The bad news: one of the young men got a bad wrist injury, ended up almost slicing his artery and a tendon, and wound up in the hospital.  He finished the hike though, including four rappels!

It was a fun trip and I think everybody had a blast!