High Water

8 - 28 - 08
Don't think we saw anyone else brave enough (or dumb enough) out hiking all day. The waterfalls sure are spectacular when its been raining for two days.

Downstream ...

... awaits
Watersnakes
Put fear of free-



falls behind
tennis shoe wake.
Five new canyoneers,
hooked on a line.
At least ... three made it back this time.
Just joshing,
all loved the day through.
Question is,



how would you do?

Trails

8/18 - 8/20, 08

Here's the GWU Trails guides cooking up some good grub next to another SNP swimming hole. Each year we spend a few great days camping, training getting to know these trail guides. It's always a great trip but this year will be hard to top. With sightings of bears and snakes, the swimming, and the lost person training evolution this year was one for the books.

This week in review

Looking back on another spectacular Shenandoah week. There was lots of climbing and rappelling with the sheriff's camp as well as on the high cliffs of SNP, hiking, water slides. We topped it off with a great evening to full moon hike in the big meadow. Looking forward to this week, hope you are too.

Good Fun