"Three Seconds of free fall"

You get to four, there's a problem. That's what I heard during our activity on the panoramic road this afternoon, about two seconds later, this happened:

For those of you who can't see the face in the above shot, this is what sheer terror looks like:

While I know I promised I wouldn't do this, boys will certainly be boys. The good news is that I did make a pact with Ethan that we would take care of each other's significant others in the event of a gorge death. Comforting I'm sure for Terra, but I think you'd like him, dear.

For the statistics, it's a 68 meter drop, which is roughly 23 stories, 3 seconds of free fall, followed by a swing across the canyon, which is the third largest canyon in the world, and the largest green canyon in the world.

We did plenty of other things as well of course, including a visit to Chimp Eden, God's Window, and the Potholes. The Jane Goodall institute Chimp Eden was amazing. Seeing all of chimpanzees, especially the baby ones running around, tussling, spinning like kids, and just interacting with each other was quite special. I think the moment that struck me the most was when the guide was throwing food to the chimps and she threw a nut to the larger male. He saw the nut land in front of him, didn't want it, nudged the female next to him and pointed to where it landed on the ground so she could eat it. Such a gesture of intelligence, I don't understand how anyone who ever observes these creatures could possibly deny evolution.

Like I said, the babies were the cutest, especially the way they twirled around on the hillsides with their arms flailing and then fell down, rolling down the hill.

The guide was throwing them nuts so they would try and crack open the shells to eat them. They learn to crack the shells using rocks by watching either the other chimps, or even a human doing it outside of their enclosure, such intelligence.

Chimps use the buddy system, they watch each others backs, and a couple of the younger males, real young, would walk around arm in arm, it was adorable.

Incredible watching them move around through the jungle, our ancestors.

Looking in their eyes was quite intense.

We then went up to God's Window (not terribly impressive) and the Potholes (more impressive and like a big playground).

God's window:

Slow motion running at the gorge, me and Ethan (thanks to Zach for the touchup).

The potholes, with Ethan, Zach, and myself overlooking.

Fun shadows!

Shooting the potholes:

Zach, you should always look out for crazy people at tourist attractions.

This was right before the universe ended.