Angel's Landing - Zion Nat. Park

Last half-mile to go, Straight-up

Gutsy Woman

Words from Jeff ......

Today, we tried another mountain. Actually it was a set of cliffs. Eventually, we sat at the top of Angels’ Landing. This is correctly named, for it is a place for Angels or birds, anything that can approach from the air. However, not for aircraft and especially not for decent people. We trudged up for two miles. We think our watch stopped because it took us forty-five minutes only. At the two-mile mark, the real excitement begins. Why? For another half-mile from that base, we climbed with the assistance, at times, of chains alongside the precipice. If you look over the edge, 3 to 5 feet wide, you can be drawn to throwing yourself off the cliff because of some psychological attraction. We don’t understand this but it sounds interesting. We don’t even know if this true. How can you trust us when we would do something so foolish? Where were our parents when we were growing up? Did we grow up? We wish you had seen it yourself. In fact, we would rather it had been you than us hanging on for dear life. This we do for fun. You should join us for a scary day.

Angels landing--At the Top

On the way up, we spotted a snake. We were very pleased to spot the snake. You see, the last snake we failed to spot, bit poor Jenni. However, we are very pleased to let you know that we didn’t notice any bears. We don’t think a confrontation with a bear would be a fair fight. Jenni doesn’t have a strong ‘upper-hook’.

Triumph, relief but still to get back down

At the summit, we sat and thought. We pondered, too. We noticed of the people there, most were half or a third of our age. It did not worry us too much for we can almost remember when we were that young. ……………………until next time.