Looking at Zion National Park, located in southern Utah, from a satellite view on Google Maps brought on a rush of excitement for the trip I had planned for spring break. The deep canyons looked like some creature had taken its sharp claws and tried to scratch through the Earth’s surface.
Once I arrived at the park on March 16, I couldn’t contain my excitement over seeing the deep red cliffs towering above me. I kept thinking about how I would be climbing up them, to the top of Angels Landing, and between them, to the end of Taylor Creek, over the course of the next few days.