Pic: Tell me what you think about your situation. Angels Landing, Zion NP, UT
Everything went single-threaded for the last half-mile. Queues began to form before narrow, steep, and tricky sections:
Pic: Oh, good morning, Mr. Tyler. Going… _down_? Angels Landing, Zion NP, UT
I was glad for my early start, especially as I descended through droves of hikers headed up for lunch.
Most people were pretty good about letting faster folks (like me!) pass. But on a section like this with room for only one hiker at a time, there’s always a guy who comes right up to the bottom of the narrow staircase while I’m in the middle of it. I continue to descend — because what else am I gonna do? — until I’m standing right in front of him and he always looks surprised. Like, my gosh, how could I have possibly anticipated that we would be in each other’s way here? I thought maybe you would vanish, or fly off the mountain like a bird before we literally bumped into one another at this constriction.
My enthusiasm for Angels Landing in spite of all the traffic underscores what an incredible hike it is.
Danger Beyond This Point 