Alright! And I'll include some crazy pictures too! So I went caving with about 10 of my buddies I met in college who also love outdoors stuff, and we went down south to tuscon to meet a another friend that lives there, due to her knowing about this great cave. It was about 20 miles down a dirt road N of Mt. Lemon, open air, not protected, or anything. In fact it regrettably is covered in Graffiti (a point that will come up later). So it's a blast, I LOOOOOVE caving, its like my second favorite behind canyoneering, and its actually a pretty extensive cavern - about 1-1.5 miles of mapped tunnels, with a lower section ending in an unexplored underground lake (still too scared to try cave diving). Anyways we're like 2 hours in, down below 2 pretty technical sections: called the Rabbit's hole and the Birth Canal. We're taking a break in one room known for it's slickrock slide. Problem is, it's incredibly dangerous with a massive gap at the end. I missed the gap, but while sliding fast I guess I stood up too fast at an angle and *snap* I yell for 6-8 seconds before going into shock and starting primary care on myself. I had to wait an hour or so to make sure I was out of shock to feel safe to begin the ascent, and I noticed the creepiest stuff on the wall near me. My name "Zach" carved into the rock next to a orange X, along with the words "scar", "F***ed", and "Pain". It was like an omen. Super creepy. Still going back in 2 years.
The Omen