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Jacob: [00:01:34] I’m Jacob Velarde. I grew up in the Phoenix area. I grew up hiking my whole life. Since I was knee-high to myself, we would go camping, fishing, anything outdoors. When I grew up a little bit older, I joined the Boys Scouts and did that for quite a while, but I’ve hiked in the US, like all over the US including Alaska.

I’ve been to Peru, hiked there, Japan, I’ve hiked all over the world. And never really thought anything like this could happen to me.

Host: In August of 2020, Jacob and his younger brother set out for an overnight in a remote, rarely-visited canyon in central Arizona. The seven mile trail rewards rugged scrambling and some tricky route finding with a waterfall and idyllic swimming holes.

Jacob: Leading up to the hike, for weeks I’d studied the trail, reading everything about it, read that it’s going to be a hard hike because it’s a little bit sketchy on finding a way down to the water.

Eric & Gayle Glomski: [00:02:40] I was aware of this backcountry area that was pretty inaccessible. And a lot of times you love places like that because you want to get away from people.

Host: [00:02:48] This is Eric Glomski. He and his wife, Gayle, and their daughter Zoe visited the area for an overnight the same week as Jacob.

Eric & Gayle Glomski: [00:02:56] it looked pretty legit, it’s like quintessential gorgeous red rock country, isolated.

And to get to the final point you really need to know what you’re doing. You need to be committed. You need to have a lot of planning skills.

Jacob: [00:03:12] So I had planned to do this hike with my little brother, and we drove out that morning and it was a little bit chilly in the morning given it was the summer, but it’s also in the middle of the desert. We arrived at the trailhead just as the sun was coming up and started our hike. It was honestly, probably one of the most perfect, most beautiful days that I’ve ever hiked.

Eric & Gayle Glomski: [00:03:34] It was incredibly beautiful, like classic Arizona at the top geologic strata was all like the steep two, 300-foot basalt cliffs.

Host: [00:03:43] Here’s Eric again.

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