Before the hike
Robbie and Jenna next to Paul Bunion's loaf of bread
Rearranging the backpack
The bottom of a waterfall
The cave entrance
Army crawling
The Pit
I wish I would have taken a picture of Justin climbing up the other side. What a man.
He free climbed it even though it was wet and slippery. Then he tied a rope at the top so that I was able to make it up safely.
hahahahaha creepy eyes because it was so dark
this is our second attempt to have less creepy eyes...Justin did way better
We went to some very sweet caves called the wind
caves. Robbie and Jenna Thompson took
us. It was about a 2-hour hike up
to the cave. It was a beautiful
hike, but the combination of altitude and the fact that I was just recovering
from a sinus infection made it hard to breathe. But we finally made it and it was so worth it! The caves were rugged and there were a
couple parts where you had to army crawl through. It was awesome. We all had headlamps because you had to use
your hands to either crawl or climb through the cave. Then there is a part that is a pit and to keep going you have
to climb down one side and up the other side. But it was wet and slippery and there was only a ghetto rope
on the side closet to us. But
Justin and I decided to just go for it.
He was brave and went first.
He free climbed up the other side and attached a rope that we brought so
I could make it up easier. Going
down the one side was very scary because there were no foot holds and it was so
slippery; basically you had to use all upper body strength and lower yourself
down by going hand over hand down the rope. Scary. Luckily Robbie had gone down before me and could catch me at
the bottom (plus the rope didn’t quite reach to the ground). Coming back up that side was even
harder and scarier because you had to pull yourself up with only your arm
strength. But we made it and no
one died or got hurt! Bonus.
Once on the other side of the pit, Justin and I had a hard time figuring
out how to get past this one part until these climbers from the other side came
through. It was scary though
because there was a huge drop off below us that we couldn’t see the bottom of. But we went a ways and it was
sweet. Such a fun trip and it
wouldn’t have been possible without Jenna and Robbie because we had no idea how
to get there. We all went to
dinner at a place in Driggs once we got back to the cars. Thanks Robbie and Jenna for such a great and adventurous day.
