Zion National Park Pics (Angel's Landing) Wow!
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Zion National Park Pics (Angel's Landing) Wow!
I know I already had a vacation thread started, however what I did today deserves its own thread (IMO).
My brother in-law and I went to Zion National Park today to hike to Angel's Landing.
This is a 4 hour round trip hike culminating in a stunning panoramic view of the entire canyon.
Getting to the top is challenging, the path is as little as 18 inches at points with shear cliff drop offs in excess of 1000 feet on both sides. There is a chain to hold on to at points, but one slip and you are a gonner
Enjoy.
My brother in law and I....at the top of angel's landing
View of Zion Park from the top
view of road below from the top
Climbing the saddle to the top (these 3 are online photos to give you some perspective of hiking the saddle to the top, I was way to scared to get my camera out at this point)
I will freely admit that I was scared to death. I tried to quit the last 100 meters, but my bro in law talked me into it. Glad he did.
My brother in-law and I went to Zion National Park today to hike to Angel's Landing.
This is a 4 hour round trip hike culminating in a stunning panoramic view of the entire canyon.
Getting to the top is challenging, the path is as little as 18 inches at points with shear cliff drop offs in excess of 1000 feet on both sides. There is a chain to hold on to at points, but one slip and you are a gonner
Enjoy.
My brother in law and I....at the top of angel's landing
View of Zion Park from the top
view of road below from the top
Climbing the saddle to the top (these 3 are online photos to give you some perspective of hiking the saddle to the top, I was way to scared to get my camera out at this point)
I will freely admit that I was scared to death. I tried to quit the last 100 meters, but my bro in law talked me into it. Glad he did.
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Originally Posted by Mason Dixon
good lord that looks scary, do you have to sign anything to climb that trail?
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Nice job! The temps have to be pretty brutal up there right now. I head up there to climb about three or four times a year -- beautiful park.
You oughta try getting to the top of Angel's Landing the "easy" way some time. ;-)
You oughta try getting to the top of Angel's Landing the "easy" way some time. ;-)
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Be sure to stop in at Cafe Oscar for breakfast in the morning. Great grub and they usually have a couple of hotties waiting tables. Head across the street to the Mean Bean for your coffee. Where are you guys staying?
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Originally Posted by Epic Ed
Be sure to stop in at Cafe Oscar for breakfast in the morning. Great grub and they usually have a couple of hotties waiting tables. Head across the street to the Mean Bean for your coffee. Where are you guys staying?
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Originally Posted by sdgirl619
oh my, you climb all the way up that last one? how wide would you say is?
I'm never doing it again.
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OMG. I cannot construct a coherent sentence to begin to describe how crazy and beautiful that canyon is. I'll definately have to mark this down as "things to do before I die, or die trying" list.
PLEASE tell me you have a 1600x1200 of this picture that you can Email me!
PLEASE tell me you have a 1600x1200 of this picture that you can Email me!
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http://www.thespectrum.com/apps/pbcs...608230308/1002
not a good way to go. However I'm almost (almost) ready to do it again.
not a good way to go. However I'm almost (almost) ready to do it again.
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So you mentioned that you came back - but did your brother-in-law??? LOL - JK
Looks pretty intense - would love to try it sometime but just looking at those pictures gave me the willies.
Looks pretty intense - would love to try it sometime but just looking at those pictures gave me the willies.
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I'd wheel it.....LOL
Those pics look awesome though, I wish I knew somewhere like that to go around here, but this is Arkansas. Anyboy know the highest point in Arkansas, I think it's around 600 or something.
Those pics look awesome though, I wish I knew somewhere like that to go around here, but this is Arkansas. Anyboy know the highest point in Arkansas, I think it's around 600 or something.