Angels Landing - Zion National Park

So... Angels Landing is the little one... Right?

We can do that!

It looks easy!

Piece of cake...

Ooops!

Can't say cake.. focus on healthy... hiking.... we can do this!

Warning! STEEP CLIFFS

The trail guide says:

Round Trip: 5.0 mi. 4.0 hrs. Ascent 1488 ft

Strenuous - Long drop-offs and narrow trail.

Not for anyone fearful of heights.

Last 0.5 mi follows, steep, narrow ridge;

chains have been added. May be snow covered and icy.

Ok, maybe I am afraid to climb a ladder to the roof..

and I like to stand back to look out over high places...
but I think I'll be ok... won't I?

Where is Koshari!?

OK. I admit it... We stopped "several" times to catch our breath!

Amazing View!

Koshari! Get down from that wall!

No you may not scratch a picture onto the rock!

Half way?

We stopped to catch our breath & take pictures with a bunch of nice guys on spring break from BYU.

Finally to the base of the chains!

Koshari get down from that sign! No you may not run ahead! This is dangerous!

...Koshari ran ahead

He has some amazing rock climbing skills!

He wove his way in & out of the crowd of people inching their way along the chain!

Ray yelled "That's my boy!" as he crawled along on his belly clinging to the chain... trying to catch up to Koshari!

As we lost sight of Koshari I decided to quit the "chain gang". So many people trying to get up & down hanging onto the same chain... single file! I quickly realized that competing for a grip on that chain was not worth risking our lives!

As the tension in my body increased, waiting for Ray & Koshari, I remembered why the Lord blessed me with girls & not boys!

View from the top is breathtaking!

It was amazing to us how many people risk their lives for a good picture by leaning over the cliffs for the "best" shot!

On the way back down...

Depth perception is horrible in this picture, but the rock in the center of the picture is pretty much free standing. It looks like it is leaning to the left... There is a very narrow path that leads to it with many foot prints of people who have risked their lives to get a nice shot from on top of that edge!

Nice view from above of "Walter's Wiggles" the switchback trail near the top.

You wouldn't believe how many idiots "run" down the trail. If you over shoot a turn or slip on the sandy trail it's literally 1,000 foot drop!

Yikes!

Interesting to see trees growing out of rock!

I can't believe we did it !

We did it!

There it is over my shoulder...

Now..

Which trail did you say you want to do next?

I'm ready !

OOPs !!!

Ok, enough for one day...

You shouldn't have run all the way back down

Ray stopped to take this picture for Brett & Annie in the town of Springdale..

On our way home we stopped to have a nice Mexican dinner at the Bit & Spur just outside the park in the town of Springdale. Delicious way to end the day!

The sign says: Warning! STEEP CLIFFS The Trail Guide says - Round Trip 5.0 mi - 4 hours - Ascent 1488 ft. Strenuous - Long drop-offs and narrow trail. Not for anyone fearful of heights. Last 0.5 mil follows steep, narrow ridge; chains have been added.