New Years Day we we got all healthy and decided to go on a five mile 'strenuous' hike in Mecca called Ladder Canyons. We had 15 people and lots of adrenaline, all ready to start 2013 out right. The first part started out ok, then is should have been called 'rope canyons'. We had to go through four tricky parts, 3 including ropes that most of us had to be helped over, one of them with me getting my hips wedged in sideways....not pretty.
The last rope obstacle was about 22 feet high. Eric had brought a harness for the littles, everyone else treked up on with the rope, as sketchy as it looked.
Ty going up.
Luke harnessed up.
Mason getting hauled up the last few feet.
We ended up in a beautiful canyon then ridge then canyon again.
Mine.
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| The family that hikes together. |
Now we get to the 'ladder' part. Three of them and super cool to do. They had been washed out for a while after summer of 2011 floods but all is good now.
Ty in the wash.
Thru the narrow parts. So pretty.
The End. We ended up coming out of this super cool cave. You could chose the ladder or under the rocks. My brother in laws kept saying it was 127 hours, didn't make me very confident crawling under huge boulders. For sure got me out of my comfort zone.....and I liked it.
Me on ladder #3.
Coming out of rope #3, thanks Z!
The wash at the end. Some amazing views, a wonderful hike and the accomplishment of finishing a
kind-of-hard hike on 1/1/13 made for a beautiful day with the best people.
New Years Day we we got all healthy and decided to go on a five mile 'strenuous' hike in Mecca called Ladder Canyons. We had 15 people and lots of adrenaline, all ready to start 2013 out right. The first part started out ok, then is should have been called 'rope canyons'. We had to go through four tricky parts, 3 including ropes that most of us had to be helped over, one of them with me getting my hips wedged in sideways....not pretty.
The last rope obstacle was about 22 feet high. Eric had brought a harness for the littles, everyone else treked up on with the rope, as sketchy as it looked.
Ty going up.
Luke harnessed up. 
Mason getting hauled up the last few feet.
We ended up in a beautiful canyon then ridge then canyon again. 
Mine.
Now we get to the 'ladder' part. Three of them and super cool to do. They had been washed out for a while after summer of 2011 floods but all is good now.
Ty in the wash.
Thru the narrow parts. So pretty.
The End. We ended up coming out of this super cool cave. You could chose the ladder or under the rocks. My brother in laws kept saying it was 127 hours, didn't make me very confident crawling under huge boulders. For sure got me out of my comfort zone.....and I liked it. 
Me on ladder #3.
Coming out of rope #3, thanks Z!
The wash at the end. Some amazing views, a wonderful hike and the accomplishment of finishing a kind-of-hard hike on 1/1/13 made for a beautiful day with the best people. 
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