Oh, hi there, it is good to see other thruhikers here indeed!:) Yes, I can imagine that being the case, I'm actually reading Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey,

Oh, hi there, it is good to see other thruhikers here indeed!:) Yes, I can imagine that being the case, I'm actually reading Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey, mostly about the times he worked in Archs National Park and it sounds just like that. Fun fact you might share - I stumbled upon Edward Abbey following a quote I saw on a blaze in NorCal (which carried bullet hole, obviously, but it actually what made this quote stand out to me): https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D5bbY00X4AA_eeu.jpg:large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D5bbY00X4AA_eeu.jpg:large It was misattributed I think, I later found out these were Abbey's words.