On This Day ten years ago, we finished up the second day of a “top down” Zion Narrows backpacking trip.

A man wearing a cap and sunglasses is taking a selfie in a narrow canyon with a river flowing through it.A narrow river winds through towering, rugged canyon walls with hikers seen in the distance.A narrow, scenic canyon with towering rock walls and a shallow river, where several people are wading through the water.Hikers with backpacks wade through a shallow river in a narrow canyon with steep rock walls.