Today we went to Yosemite!
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| Kylynn and I jumping into fun times at Yosemite! lol |
It's gorgeous there.There were so many things to do, including bouldering, ice skating, hiking, climbing, and biking. I wanted to do EVERYTHING. But...well, I have limits. Most of them are time constraints. So I started out the day bouldering. Bouldering is like rockclimbing, but you don't climb tall rock walls, you try to climb boulders. Because they're smaller, when bouldering, you aren't harnessed in, and you don't need to wear a helmet--you just have someone behind you spotting you, and a crashpad underneath you.
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| This is the boulder we were trying to conquer. (Brad's at the top) |
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| Some of us had less than stereotypical means of doing this. |
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| I'm at the top! (but Travis, the guy in the middle, pretty much pulled me all the way up lol) |
Then, these three deer just walked up to us!!!
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| Brad kept trying to pet them. He got SO close. |
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| I was pretty close too... |
Then some of us decided to hike the Upper Yosemite Falls. To make a long story short, our camp directors told us not to hike the snow part because it is very difficult and time-consuming. We did not receive this warning. We hiked the snow part. We hiked ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP! It was beautiful. Soooo beautiful! But we got back 1.5 hours later than we were supposed to. And we got in a little bit of trouble for that.
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| Beginning the hike (Right to left: Kel, me, Alex) |
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| The view was spectacular! |
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| Upper Yosemite Falls |
It's kinda hard to see, but can you see the rainbow at the bottom of the falls? See the very top of the fall? I climbed up there. This is actually the highest of a series of three falls. Reeeaaaalllyyy long ways up, but the three of them together look so beautiful!
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| See the top of the falls in the previous picture? This is right before it falls off the cliff! |
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| At the top we had to hike through a TON of snow. At times, my foot would go through and I'd be up to my thighs in snow. brr! Plus, I didn't think I would be hiking, so I only wore my tennis shoes and thin socks today |
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| The view from the top |
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| Watching the sunset after a long day of hiking =) |
I love Yosemite.
Abbi this is gorgeous! I am so jealous of you. You have no idea! Wish I was there!
ReplyDeleteStacey, you would LOVE it here! But this summer, after whitewater rafting in Canada, I want to go to a ton of state parks and just hike and bike and climb watch towers lol. Join meh!
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