Here's a fun one worth sharing. This pictograph is tucked into a minor cave about 15 feet off of the canyon floor in Salt Creek, Canyonlands NP. About a 15 mile or so hike.
This was the first trip I took on my soon-to-be girlfriend (still with me) and things went sideways. 75 degrees the first day, absolutely beautiful, but by the time we reached this panel, a storm began moving in. I forgot the Mamiya's viewfinder so I had to guess. The lighting was perfect, so I spanned the little slot in the cave with the tripod legs and prayed. The storm filtered the light just right and after only 2 shots, we packed up and headed towards our camp. It rained, it snowed, it rained again, then froze over. Our tent leaked. It flash flooded. We were stuck for 2 days in mud and ice waiting for things to clear. Finally, we hiked out completely soaked only to climb the cliff out (1500ft) to find her car covered in 6" of snow. The road is adobe mud covered in snow along a cliff edge for 15 miles. Got us out alive, but busted the steering rack in her WRX wagon. Heh.
She's still here and the image, to me, is the best All American Man image I have yet to find. David Muench is a close.
