Hiking Down into Canyon Gorropu (in Sardinia)

Hiking down into Canyon Gorropu in Sardinia

 

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This was a strenuous trail down into the deepest canyon in Europe.

Sometimes we were scrambling on all fours, sometimes sliding on loose gravel, sometimes navigating shifting scree, sometimes squeezing through tight spaces. I wished for my hiking boots, but managed the 5 miles with 3000 feet of elevation change. I’m so grateful to have been able to do this!

It was a remarkable day with incredible visas and magnificent old live oak trees, filled with companionable joy!

That second to last photo? We climbed from the top to the valley floor!

 

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Look for the people here as reference of scale.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From the top to the valley floor. Egads!

 

Never so glad to see a rental car! (Last car in the lot means we were the slowest.)

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