Whilst waiting for bike parts from the UK, which are scheduled to be delivered today, we have filled the days with some spectacular hikes around Moab. Yesterday we arrived at the parking lot for the Amasa Back trail and were treated to a display of Base Jumping, a very popular sport along the shear cliffs of the Colorado river canyon. We watched in awe as, one after the other, they launched themselves off the cliff for a 30 second flight into the valley. "It takes about one hour to hike to the jumping site" explained a young man packing his chute after his jump. The cliff-hanger hike took us past Jackson Hole (Not), a butte surrounded by an abandoned meander, and I discovered how to take panoramas with my phone. The return trip to the parking
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