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our bodies were both tired and sore. Shortly after we started down, I took a fall down a section of boulders, downward about ten feet to meet one of the boulders face on without obstruction, luckily my momentum was such and the angle of the rock to my face was such, that I pivoted off of the rock, somersaulted over that boulder to have my knees smash into another. Trying not to be overly dramatic here, but it took awhile to assure myself that I was alive and
could walk. A very painful walk out (really glad that the water level in the creek was low and the stream fords were easy). Thus, in addition to a trail description you get a cautionary tale as well.
The country is very beautiful - and untamed. The map of our walk on February 11 is shown on the following page. Additional photographs of this walk can be found here.
