Showing posts with label Zion National Park. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Zion National Park. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Zion National Park

We finished our finals and decided that it was a great time to go on vacation. So Matt, Wynn (Matt's Dad), Robby, Casey, and I all headed down to Zion National Park to do some hiking. The first day we were there we hiked the subway. The nps websites describes the Subway like this "This is a strenuous 9 and one half mile hike requiring rappel skills and 60 feet of rope or webbing. This route also requires swimming through several deep pools of very cold debris filled water." Pools of very cold water was an understatement.
It was a blast, we really enjoyed the hike. Here are some beautiful pictures that Matt took.I do not like heights at all and this was the last rappel of the hike. Right after this picture was taken I fell into the rock for the second time. I am wearing a wet suit not some really stylish pants.
The injury from rappelling.
The second day we were there Matt, Robby, and Casey hiked Angels Landing.
Robby and Casey hiking to the top.
View from the top.Matt and Casey at the top of Angels Landing.