Rest Day - Zion National Park
We ride up Zion canyon free as a bird - there's a shuttle bus system in the park, so no cars. Today we do a big hike, to Angel's Landing, which is pretty well-known and for good reason, it's awesome. First there are a series of steep switchbacks carved into the rockface, then an almost vertical rock scramble to the top, some of it chained, all of it very precarious with sheer dropoffs pretty much all the way to the bottom. At the top there are magnificent views over the canyon in all directions, a couple of over-fed squirrels and a bloke who sounded and acted exactly like Chris Farley.
From this vantage point it's clear what a powerful, beautiful place Zion is, it's full of huge red and white rock formations seemingly rising vertically skyward. A great day's hike.
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fuck this is so cool! you guys are so cool for doing this.
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