Trekking at zion national park turned out to be far harder than I thought. Everything from unexpectedly high ranges, longer distances (what appeared to be), lack of water, food, added to the extreme fatigue (result of doing Grand canyon day before).
There was luck too, I ran into 4 guys who had a water filter to suck up water from the dirty cess pool which was named - west rim spring. I bought MSR butane propane mix tank (found the shop by sheer luck) - which enabled me to have a good lunch in middle of jungle.
On the way.
Just as you enter.
Resting under a pine tree (my favorite resting place) near camp #3.
I peeked out for just a second from the tent to see this amazing sight. Almost full moon and forest. I was lying in middle of all this on top a mountain. Thank you God.
My camp in the morning. Couple of deers came to check it out.
The hills on either side and the zion valley in the middle. You can see the tiny little virgin river which carved out these mighty canyons. Amazing what persistence can do over 140 million years.
