Descent Into Oblivion?

The top image is my favorite taken in Zion National Park in Utah. My wife Sue and I had just emerged from a low-lying trail inside Hidden Canyon, much of the time concerned about the potential for flash flooding while we negotiated it. From there, the trail takes a quick upward climb then back down, along the sandstone wall, assisted by mounted chains in dangerous places. In the top image, Sue makes her way down the trail with a fog-hidden abyss of about 1,000 feet just beyond the trees in front of her. As the couple in the bottom image appeared and carefully made their way up and around us, the man exclaimed, "You're not one of those who take people's pictures and then charges them for it, are you?" From here, the trail takes a horseshoe shape to the right and down. Images were captured at 11:23 AM MDT, Wednesday, September 11, 2013.