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Reality Check: Death and Destruction in the Grand Canyon (opens the original)
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I don’t suffer from any truly debilitating phobias. The closest thing is my fear of confinement in small or underground spaces—at the extreme, of being buried alive. <img alt="No photo description available." class="sizing-normal" height="1092" src="htt
The Continued Descent (opens the original)
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As you travel downstream from Lees Ferry (Mile 0), the elevation of the Colorado River steadily decreases. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1092" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZthX!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/http
Days 9 and 10, The Show Stopper (opens the original)
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write, brain. write, why? (opens the original)
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I’m taking a break today from recounting the river tour and will instead mark the one-year anniversary of my pub date by returning to my original intention for this little newsletter: to write about writing. Spoiler alert: Yes, it’s still hard.<div class="image2-ins
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