what we are going to do on our summer vacation

No description of this race could do it justice like this article has.

http://www.utahadvjournal.com/index.php/desert-r-a-t-s-a-running-race-of-heat-sand-slickrock-and-solidarity

a quick sample from my friends Kurt and Shelley Egli:

For Kurt and his wife, Shelley, who will run the race for the fourth time in 2012, the challenge is also usurped by the camaraderie that develops among runners over a week of racing and camping together. Kurt explains, "Every year, we create lifelong friendships. When you take away the distractions of daily life, it happens so fast. The concept and the experience are very simple, but simple is, I guess, where the good stuff happens."