https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.263043943736349.67695.100000922366735&type=1
I
will prove heart over mind can be INCREDIBLE & it was! I did what I would think was impossible but nothing is impossible! Hubbys a hiker I never hiked. It's a 5 mile hike. I said I wanted to climb Angels Landing in Zion Natl Park for my 1st hike before we left. It's the most strenuous hike (could have killed my love when he told me as soon as we got THERE!) but something inside said I NEEDED to do it. In Sedona in the Chapel, I was overcome & teared thinking about the ones in my life & how thankful I was. Outside was an angel with a plaque underneath & I told her I was taking her up to Angels Landing with me. That day I pulled a muscle in my side & back & thought I was done for. 3 days later I felt good but pulled it again where I could not hardly sit. But the morning of the hike it was dull & off I went!
We took off early morning as I felt I'd have the most strength. I was tired & pushing myself before we even hit the trail to go up! That I was going to hike in my camouflage sneakers & my "Lyme Disease Can Kiss my @#$! tee shirt. All I could think about is the angel I promised to get her to the end. Hubby at times had to help lift me up if the next rock was just too high. I could step on it but not push myself up. Halfway up is a bridge. I truly or Ric did not think I would actually make it but to me it was all or nothing.
There is "Walter's Wiggles" that is STEEP switch backs that which is the most awful thing in the world! This is a STEEP vertical hike anyways. I will write something under each picture so you can stand with me on the mountain coming up with me.
Half way up is a bridge so you know how far you went. 3/4 of the way up is "Loserville" where people do not want anymore of the vertical hike. At that point it is very steep & the last 1/2 mile you have a chain to grab to hold on too as there you have an 1800 foot drop sometimes on both sides. We met & talked to so many people on the hike up & it was amazing! They were pushing for me.
After the Lyme standing & hiking in grass would freak me out but I am a monkey & LOVE climbing large rocks! I believe that instead of hiking paths with hubby I'd be scaling the mountains in all seriousness. I actually looked down on my way up & on the top to see a gorgeous view & felt no fear ever! I had my angel(s) with me! Ric was amazing!
The last 1/2 mile with the chains sometimes I did not hold the chains but climbed & nothing was stopping me from going to the top. When we finally hit the top there is a alter which is the highest point of Angel's Landing. But it did not go to the end. I HAD to go to the end & look down. I felt if I was going to do it all-I was going to do it all! The people we met on the way up were so thrilled to see me up there! So many told me on the hike with my attitude I was going to make it & I did!
