When I got to the cables part of angel's landing, saw the amount of people attempting to finish the hike and their relative fitness level, I noped the f out of there.
I'm not trusting my life with some rando that looks like they have no business doing what they are doing.
Experienced hiker and noob climber here. I did the exact same thing at Angel's Landing. The route would've been easy even without the aid. It's all the inexperienced people fucking around that made it very dangerous.
I left Zion and went to Moab.
Same here. The sheer 800ft. Drops on either sides of of the 2-4ft wide ridge with people coming both ways was a no from me.
Also even just on the way up the the first landing (the like 500sqft flat area where you can rest) with that 1.5ft wide ledge getting up to it and the rope with 300ft sheer drops- I had a frustrated dad wearing flip flops and a 2 year old kid in a baby backpack rushing by everyone while people were heading down too. Shit's wild.
I'm fairly fit, dabbled in bouldering, etc.
When I got to the cables part of angel's landing, saw the amount of people attempting to finish the hike and their relative fitness level, I noped the f out of there.
I'm not trusting my life with some rando that looks like they have no business doing what they are doing.
Experienced hiker and noob climber here. I did the exact same thing at Angel's Landing. The route would've been easy even without the aid. It's all the inexperienced people fucking around that made it very dangerous.
I left Zion and went to Moab.
Same here. The sheer 800ft. Drops on either sides of of the 2-4ft wide ridge with people coming both ways was a no from me.
Also even just on the way up the the first landing (the like 500sqft flat area where you can rest) with that 1.5ft wide ledge getting up to it and the rope with 300ft sheer drops- I had a frustrated dad wearing flip flops and a 2 year old kid in a baby backpack rushing by everyone while people were heading down too. Shit's wild.