I kept
the ceiling fan on low all night and had a good restful sleep till
8am and it was hot already...I took my time over my yogurt and fruit
breakfast and then started to pack up my lunch including many
drinks....I had bought a map of local hikes and they are all listed
in degree of difficulty and as I am Percy's boy I tackled the hardest
hike first today
The Pinnacle via the Grand Canyon!!
I
drove about 15 minutes to the parking lot for the start of this
hike and passed this convey of motor cycles must have been at least 300 of them..
There
was a group of young folks at the sign and I asked them the time and
I thought as I started to climb there they were with no back packs,
no food and just one bottle of water each and there I was loaded down
like a pack mule either good to be young or good to be wise and
old...more on them later!!!
Yes that is where I am heading!!!
There
were a few waterfalls listed on the map but these were well and truly
dry although what they call the Roman Baths were being used to cool
down by the kids and their parents....
The
hike then started to get hard a total gain in elevation of over 1300
feet and I could feel it also it was really hot....
One
section is called the Grand Canyon and some neat rock formations
here....
still
climbing but almost at the top, the Pinnacle......I took these photos
and then I went and stood where these people are
and
looked back at these rocks
and
could not believe my eyes one of the kids that I saw at the base was
out on the edge climbing I thought what a total nutter...I leaned
down to get my camera out of my back pack and heard this ungodly
scream...the kid had fell I saw him go down maybe 50 feet then try to
grab a tree and then continued falling..it was just sickening...his
groups of friends came to where I was because I could see him laying
on a ledge..they screamed down to him and fortunately he answered..he
told them he was bad his head split open and he could not feel his
right side.....they called the ambulance and police and continued to
shout down to him to make sure he stayed awake.....I am sorry to say
that it took over 90 minutes for the air ambulance arrive and then
these rescue workers who climbed up...
They
moved us off the peak and I could tell from where he was that the
helicopters could not get close enough to him to send down help and
that the workers would have to rappel into the gulley and winch him
up, which I hope happened......
I did not feel like eating but knew I must and I had company!!
I was
back at the base and I could still hear the helicopter.....just hope
that the young man will be Ok and what a lesson the choices you make
in life can come back to haunt you...for me I look at that rock face
and have no idea how anyone would be so foolish as go over the side
without any rock climbing gear!!!
It was
a hard hike and I was glad to get to base especially as my greeting
party was
and in
the river this beauty!!!
Came
home and drank lots of water while I did a load of wash which I hung
out on the line.
Cooked
myself some nice, tasty lamb chops.....had a Mexican shower..what is
that you may ask?? On the coast in Mexico the weather is so hot the
showers only have cold water which feels so refreshing once you get
under, well I kept the water tepid while I showered...did the blog
and I may stay awake long enough to watch a movie!!
Yashi
Kochi!!!
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