Highest of Highs & Lowest of Lows

Who woulda thought that I would have so many adventures in one week?! Repelling to begin the week... and then Angel's Landing at Zions, and caving at Snow Canyon to end the week!

I feel like I can do anything.

The impossible is now possible.

I reached heights I never knew I could reach.

(& I used muscles I never knew I had...)

That big mountain straight ahead is Angel's Landing..
& yes, I hiked to the very top of it!

5.4 mile round trip hike. Two hours to get to the top, and one hour to get down! I felt so accomplished!

This is Alyssa, me, & Chantel.I love these girls!

Missed Tiana though :(



It was hot and extremely strenuous, but the beauty of Zions made it all worth it.

This is the slightest glimpse of some of the switch backs we had to vigorously climb

The shade felt great. This was the group I was with (Alyssa & her friends that live in the dorms)
[I am fourth from the right]

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We were a little more than half way at this point.
About to hike the actual ledges now, holding on

for literally dear life.

The most narrow part of the trail. Both sides were

drop offs being hundreds of feet high! Talk about SCARY.

Angel's Landing is definitely not for those fearful of heights.

We finally made it! This is Kat looking off the edge. :) SO HIGH UP!

Me and Alyssa

The sun was SO bright! Cool pic though huh??

Me, Hayden, and Alyssa just chillin on the edge of the cliff. No big deal.
You can see the backbone of the trail we took to get to this point!

The TOP of Angel's Landing!!!

Just hangin out on top of the mountain :)

Ah yeah, you can see me in her shades!
ps. notice the background! It was unreal.

Notice the steep edge of the cliff... it was so crazy.

The way up the mountain was intense... having to pretty much rock climb and pull yourself up &
holding on to the chains for fear of falling. I was nervous to head back down. But we conquered it and it was actually a blast going down the mountain!

Incredible. Steep. Adrenaline.

I did it. And loved every minute of it.

I reached the highest of highs. I felt like I was on top of the world!

After being physically burned out, the day STILL wasn't over. We made our way over to the great town of St. George, swam for a while, ate some dinner, then headed over to Snow Canyon. By this time, it was dark. But the desert was lit up by the light of the full moon.

We met up with a group of other friends, hiked out into the desert until we found the cave, (looked like a huge hole in the ground) and climbed down into it.

SCARY!

It was dark. Only some of us had flashlights. There were bats. And it was chilly. But I continued to follow the others---crawling, climbing, tripping, and hitting heads on rocks that poked out of no where. It sure was an adventure!

After a while of climbing lower and deeper down into the cave, we got to a big opening. It was one of the most beautiful sights I had ever seen! The entire room was glowing! It looked like outer space. Stars everywhere. Except it wasn't stars.... it was splattered glowstick. :)

We eventually broke open our glowsticks, splattered them everywhere (including on ourselves) and then we played hide and seek! It was sooo fun! If you sat against the rock wall and didn't move, you became invisible. It was so neat!

So there ya have it. I went to the top of the world, and below the earth all in one day. I conquered fears I never knew I had, and now I feel like I can do anything.

Life is one big adventure. Embrace it. Love it.