FRC report day 5: From here the terrain really changed - the canyon widenes and there are number of arid short cuts to take.

With just enough dawn available, we ascended our first shortcut to see the sun rise from the neck. From here on we continued to the next water, called Cornelius Camp. It is a beautiful spot to camp, but we push on. The more we do on day 5, the less we have the next day.

We got to the last of the NWR water stashes, fill up, ate something, talked about the spiritual effect the canyon has on hikers. Then we ascended the arid Bandage Pass to arrive at a pool at Fool's Gold Corner. This is a traditional place to camp for the last night, but we pushed on.

We arrived at Big Bend, by lunch time. I went off to look for water and a camp site. Having found a small brackish pool, suitable for sourcing water for cooking we set off to setup camp late afternoon. As night set in, some people went scorpion hunting.

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