National Park #5: Zion (Part 1)
(GTD's Mighty 5 Utah Trip)
This is my favorite National Park of the Mighty 5 and we've planned to spend 2 days here doing 2 of the premier hikes in the United States. Our first hike is a 5 mile round-trip challenge to the top of Angels Landing. It's a steep hike up a razor thin cliff that narrows to 28 inches at one spot with a thousand foot drop on both sides. This is not a hike for the faint of heart, and it requires grabbing onto poles and chains to complete the final ascent. But the view and the sense of accomplishment make it all worth it! 10 of our 12 participants decided to go all the way to the top. (We also got hit with rain during the final ascent which added greatly to the risk factor, but praise God for His protection!)
