photos from 8/2012 hike to Phantom Ranch, near death experience lol…6-7 hours to get to Phantom Ranch and then 8-9 hours to get back up to South Rim…
It’s like trying to describe what you feel when you’re standing on the rim of the Grand Canyon or remembering your first love or the birth of your child. You have to be there to really know what it’s like.
– Harrison “Jack” Schmitt
Some things can’t be explained – You just have to experience it to know it.
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Jack Schmitt is a former NASA astronaut, scientist/professor and a retired US Senator from New Mexico. He was the first member of NASA’s scientist-astronaut group to fly in space, specifically on Apollo 17 & Apollo 17 was the last of the Apollo missions. Consequently, he became the twelfth person to set foot on the Moon:) For real. Realizing not everyone can actually physically land on the moon – power of imagination is better than reality at times.
