des moines intl airport The descent from the summit is as hard as the ascent. Steep. Tricky. Slow. Muddy. Then, you come out

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The descent from the summit is as hard as the ascent. Steep. Tricky. Slow. Muddy. Then, you come out into the floor of the Valley of Desolation. Whoever named this place did a fitting job. The entire valley bubbles and spits and hisses and stinks. The only better name would be Valley of Isolation. As you look around at the barren, simmering ground, you realize how far you are from civilization and you wonder if anyone really knows for sure that the obviously agitated earth isn t going to erupt while you re standing there.