So I'm planning on doing a canyoneering hike in
Kolob Canyon in a few months with Kevan (a coworker of mine). It will consist of rappelling down waterfalls, jumping off cliffs, swimming, lots of hiking and a rope climb up a 400 foot cliff to get out. Exciting much? Yes.
Well Kevan invited us to do a practice run at Red Cliffs today and I thought it would be the perfect opportunity for us to test out our new Vibrams (funky monkey toe shoes). All I can say is that they are fantastic! They grip the rocks unbelievably well and really make it fun.
And guess what? We took pictures! Go figure. Here they are. Look at them. Now. If you're not scared.

Me on top of a cliff. Do I look good?

Here I go.

Aaaawwww. Look at Meisha in here funky monkey feet. :)

She's so hardcore. Notice the little people standing on the road below. It give a good idea of how high we were.

Meisha. Workin' it like a pro.

Hey! This is fun? Who woulda thought?

Still so hardcore.

About 2/3 of the way down.

Did I just come down that?

Practicing the rope climb. I was tired after 10 feet. On the big hike I get to do 400. Workout time anyone?

Trying to look like a pro rock climber. Did it work?
That's it. Thanks for looking.

4 comments:
Holy shit! I had to double unpeel my eye lids because these pictures were so scary, I couldn't believe you guys actually did this, way to go, you're now beyond hardcore, good luck when you guys do the actual run.
I want monkey shoes too!
Sadly, I wasn't invited to do the real hike. That's ok though, because I don't think I can handle underwater tunnels yet!
It was fun and 65 feet seems like nothing when you realize how quickly you actually get down.
MONKEY SHOES ROCK (Vibram, Five finger Shoes)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They grip the rock amazingly!!
Cipher- thanks for officially dubbing us as "beyond hardcore". It gives me those tingles inside that I like so much.
101101- You should totally get some monkey shoes. They will totally help us take over the world!
Meisha- Let's go again! But now that we're beyond hardcore, we should do a way bigger cliff :D
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