It is said in the Hopi creation story that Sotuknang caused a Great Flood to destroy the world when the people moved away from his ways. The remaining people who had hidden underground fled to the surface.
I believe that I have found the route that they took so long ago, although the pathway may have been somewhat improved since then. Instead of using reeds to float to the surface of the Great Flood I have used a Nissan Armada SUV for practical purposes since the waters have subsided. I did make it to the surface and my journey into the new world above was epic.

This photo was taken by a Kowa/SIX medium format film camera with a KOWA 1:3.5/55mm lens and Zenza Bronica 67mm SL39•3C(UV) filter using Kodak Portra 160 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.