iWalk.2020.02.20 Widdershins

Before starting to walk the oblong around the lower east bench a decision has to be made: to walk clockwise or anti-clockwise. How did people identify those two directions before the invention of clocks around 1300CE? Today I chose the widdershins option. The direction of travel creates two walks that are slightly different in character and both are equally enjoyable.

From the top of the lower east bench the view north encompasses (left to right) Big Point (the northern end of the Pine Valley Mountains), the Anderson Benchmark, Kolob, Hurricane Mesa, and the cliffs of the Hurricane Fault. To the west, seen in the bottom right photo of the collage, is Signal Peak and the southern end of the Pine Valley Mountains.

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