5.012 Elden Lookout Hut, Flagstaff
The target--Elden Peak, 9300 feet, elevation gain 2,400 Here sweats the Editor (try clicking on the images) Every commentator has had a say, or at least a double or triple say, about the debt crisis. We wonder why it has only come to the fore now. We’ve been watching prolific overspending for decades but then what do we know. We remember when our parents rather naively instilled in us a rule to spend less than we earn. It seemed good sense but then only intellectuals understand that deficits don’t matter. We are ever so grateful to our parents and pleased that we are not smart enough to be intellectuals. We left the vast Grand Staircase Escalante monument on Friday, heading for Flagstaff, Arizona. We needed to position ourselves appropriately for Tisha B’Av—shuls are well hidden in that part of the world. In fact, we think the Mormons have ‘cornered the market’. On the way, we stopped at Page to frolic on the rocks at Horseshoe Bend. Approaching peak overlooking Flagstaff ...