well we are in the first few days of the trek, and so far after LA we traveled up to Santa Barbara which is just like in the O.C, then up the big Sur and route 1 to Marina before heading inland to Yosemite nation park and now we are in San fran preparing to leave for the redwood forests tomorrow phew.....
anyhoo i have loaded a ton of photos up (so far i have taken over 600 in 4 days so think yourselves lucky that only 49 made it to flickr....)
We have lots of fun stories but the one we are proud of was at Yosemite, where we decided to go on a hike and climb up the half dome mountain..... google it.....its big!
We had the idea that we would go on the hike as far as we could then when it got too hard, we would take some photos and come back down... well after 11hours, 16 miles and a 5000ft elevation gain we reached the top...
we started off on the easy walk and reached the first waterfall, from the pictures you can see i still had my sense of humor and Tess was feeling good about the experience.
By the 2nd water fall (considered the medium hike), our spirits were failing, but the views of the mountains and the semi-cute animals kept us going (even thought this bit included a grueling climb up 600 steps well not really steps, just big stones that jutted out, ouch)
now the difference from the medium walk to the hard was noticeable, the path kinda disappeared from time to time and the incline got much greater till in the end we had to scramble up a granite surface to reach the top!..
well we thought we were at the top, as we came over the top this was the view that greeted us..
now you notice the small back dots on the left had side of that rock, yup they are crazy ass people climbing up the side of a 85 degree wall, using nothing but two guide ropes to support them. Now we arent stupid, and so we decided to be happy with the semi-top (which is just as cool) we got to after 5hrs, anyhoo, its not the winning the matters, its the taking part.
What a load of toss, what a naff blog story that we be for you guys. We saw those ropes and ( after a little hesitation) the adrenaline kicked in and up we went, a 120m climb up a granite surface with no safety rope just so we could share these photos with you guys! yes, YOU! we just cant stop giving!
on the photos the little black dots sitting on the end of the rock are us!
all comments on how amazing we are will be appreciated.
Of course the only problem with going up is the coming down, another 4hrs down with knee destroying steps and tracks.... but hey we did get to see a bear (just before he was shot by a ranger...with a bean bag to scare him away, which was mighty cool!)
anyhoo just wanted to rave about how amazing we are!
adam x
ps tess is still tending her massive blisters ( will get photos cos they are gross)
5 comments:
O.M.G they are amazing photos, the one at the end of the walk with you "sitting on the top of the world ma" (old james cagney movie) is breath taking! You truly are intrepid travellers and we humble mortals sit and wait in anticipation for the next thrilling installment :-)
is that enough appreciation?
xxx ma (not as old as the movie)
Bet you slept that night!!!
Lars x
Double O M G your photos are incredible, you must do a book and let everyone have the chance to see them. Hey I could even give you a few photos of me to put in it!!
It looks like you two are really having the time of your live, enjoy every second, you'll soon be back in Good Old Britain where the sun never shines :)
Missing you loads
Aunt T x
OMG you guys that looks AMAZING!!!!! Am so jealous!!! Hope you're having lots and lots of fun!! we miss you in vermont!
damn it all, that last one was from me :) xoxox Lydia
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