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This is the approach to Angel's Landing.
Pretty, huh? Yes, it's immense. Reach out and touch it! Okay, now let's take a walk up the hill.
When you leave the river, you walk along the canyon, steadily upward. You get closer to the base of the cliff, and then you're up into it (see the first picture). Right about that point, you look at the cliffs ahead of you, and if you know what you're looking for, you can pick out your trail.
Do you see the diagonal line at the middle of the picture? It's in shadow towards the right. That's the trail.
Do you see the rest of it leading up to that part? How about the guy in the turquoise shirt (middle right)?
How about now? It looks kinda scary, I'll admit, but it really wasn't. Except for that part in shadow at the top. Okay, I didn't find it scary either, but if you were up there, maybe you would have been scared. Here's the view from up there:
I know it looks really steep and scary, but it wasn't. Except for right where I'm standing. The switchbacks down below weren't scary at all. There were rocks right next to the trail. And the trail was wide and paved.
This is looking up the trail from that same point. Dropoff to the right. No railing. Watch your step, you'll be okay. Just around the corner, you start to head into a canyon.
Refrigerator Canyon, they call it, since it's always cool.
The trail was built in 1926. It's on the National Register of Historic Places. There are 21 switchbacks, in two sections. They were named Walter's Wiggles, in honor of one of the two designers. The lower section is seen in the first few pictures. This is the upper section, which is very steep and short (side to side). There's a middle section too, which climbs refrigerator canyon, at the bottom of these.
I think there are eleven switchbacks here - eleven left turns and eleven rights.
These trails were very steep. I was exhausted when I got to the top. But coming back down was the worst. I always find going downhill to be hard on my feet, and that's where I got the blisters.
Pretty, huh? Yes, it's immense. Reach out and touch it! Okay, now let's take a walk up the hill.
When you leave the river, you walk along the canyon, steadily upward. You get closer to the base of the cliff, and then you're up into it (see the first picture). Right about that point, you look at the cliffs ahead of you, and if you know what you're looking for, you can pick out your trail.
Do you see the diagonal line at the middle of the picture? It's in shadow towards the right. That's the trail.
Do you see the rest of it leading up to that part? How about the guy in the turquoise shirt (middle right)?
How about now? It looks kinda scary, I'll admit, but it really wasn't. Except for that part in shadow at the top. Okay, I didn't find it scary either, but if you were up there, maybe you would have been scared. Here's the view from up there:
I know it looks really steep and scary, but it wasn't. Except for right where I'm standing. The switchbacks down below weren't scary at all. There were rocks right next to the trail. And the trail was wide and paved.
This is looking up the trail from that same point. Dropoff to the right. No railing. Watch your step, you'll be okay. Just around the corner, you start to head into a canyon.
Refrigerator Canyon, they call it, since it's always cool.
The trail was built in 1926. It's on the National Register of Historic Places. There are 21 switchbacks, in two sections. They were named Walter's Wiggles, in honor of one of the two designers. The lower section is seen in the first few pictures. This is the upper section, which is very steep and short (side to side). There's a middle section too, which climbs refrigerator canyon, at the bottom of these.
I think there are eleven switchbacks here - eleven left turns and eleven rights.
These trails were very steep. I was exhausted when I got to the top. But coming back down was the worst. I always find going downhill to be hard on my feet, and that's where I got the blisters.
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Date: 2011-06-16 06:25 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2011-06-16 05:16 pm (UTC)From:;-)
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Date: 2011-06-16 09:43 am (UTC)From:;)
You're right about down hill being the worst. I think that's where my knees would suffer. But I'd be willing to give it a try!
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Date: 2011-06-16 05:20 pm (UTC)From:no subject
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Date: 2011-06-16 05:21 pm (UTC)From:But yeah, I just kept saying "wow" over and over.
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Date: 2011-06-16 08:40 pm (UTC)From:no subject
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Date: 2011-06-17 01:08 pm (UTC)From:Those rocks are so beautiful.