This embankment serves as a handrail to the canyon mouth.
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Water made a big undercut of the canyon wall here.
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The canyon is wide at first, but before long it starts to narrow and the walls get higher.
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Fantastical rock shapes abound.
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About a mile in, the canyon splits. We went up the right fork first.
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Rock towers guard the walls.
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The canyon is a riot of shapes and colors.
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Don't walk by this opening. You want to look inside.
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The right fork ends at this 8 foot dryfall for those without scrambling/climbing skills.
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Returning to the left fork, we saw this boulder defy gravity. We did not linger underneath.
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The left fork also has some interesting parts.
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Happy hikers deep in rock walls.
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We finished the day sitting on the patio of the Furnace Creek Inn with a glass of wine watching this sunset.
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