So I had to rest a lot, like walking for 15 min. and then resting for 5 or 10 min. I was almost at the top when I asked a lady who was coming down how long it took her to get down. She said about 20 min., so I would take at least 40 to 45 min(I thought). It took me only 5 to 10 min. :-) I was so happy to have reached the top that I shouted it out. After 5 min. or so the shuttle-bus arrived and I went back to the visitors center. There I learned that if I was 10 min. later, Brooke would have sent the rangers after me to find me. Apparantly we had to be back an hour earlier than I expected. Sorry I was late guys!!!!! But everything turned out OK.
After all it was a great hike. I would recommend it to anyone but only when it's not that hot like it was today. It would be a very nice 2 day hike if you could stay overnight at the bottom of the river.
After we got back to camp we decided to eat a pizza because everyone was quite tired(yeah me too :-) ). After taking a refreshing shower we tried to see a nice sunset at Bright Angle Trailhead but there was a thunderstorm at the horizon so we didn't see that much of the sunset. But we saw a lot of cool lightning, we even tried to capture it on film but that was an impossible task. Then back to camp where we made a campfire and played some 'drinking games' again. After a while other people joined our fire and we just talked a bit. I went to sleep around 22.30pm. |
