Today was our "Discovery Adventure Hike". We caught the bus at the, Wilderness access center, and motored up the park road 35 miles. Our ranger guide, Peter, led us into the woods. There wasn't a trail. In fact there aren't too many trails in the entire park. We Bushwacked up to tree line then continued up on tundra. This was a very steep ascent. We got to the summit and had to negotiate a traverse around a rotten rock outcropping. I began to wonder if Peter was secretly insane to be exposing his group to this fairly dangerous routes. We finally began our descent down a 45 degree skree slope. He suggested we skree ski down. This turned out to be a not so good idea. Big rocks began breaking loose and a pretty good rock slide got started. We all survived, and I enjoyed being off the beaten path. Jenny did fine but I think she probably wouldn't recommend it to anyone that she wasn't the beneficiary of their life insurance.
Wow what a view, What a climb, Yikes what a descent, rock slide, really!,wonder if OSHA would approve of a hike like that, I didn't. See any hard hats in pictures! Guess that was optional,ha. Trek on you guys looks like fun, but today I think I will ride my horse. Ha
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