We spent Wednesday hiking Tumbledown mountain. After a little driving around trying to remember where the entrance to the trail we wanted was, we started our hike up the mountain.
Here's Liza and Shine contemplating the more difficult part of the climb ahead. We chose to take the closed trail up the left side of the mountain for a little adventure. We had the trail all to ourselves! (you'll soon see why)
About 3/4 of the way up the mountain, we hit an old rock fall where a big boulder, at some point, had rolled into the trail. We could see where the trail once led and a metal ladder had been drilled into the rock. The ladder was crushed and no longer usable as rocks blocked the path. There are only two ways beyond this point. One can either squeeze through a small, damp opening about ten feet above trail level (if you can climb up without slipping), or rock climb up around the big boulder. Shine was well prepared with a rope and caribeeners, so we, one by one, scaled the side of Tumbledown (or a small portion of it, anyway). It was Yannie's first rock climbing experience.
Here, Yannie waits for Beth to climb up with the lead rope so that she can tie in and belay from the top.
Yannie's first climbing experience.
Shine's turn.
We finally made it to the top for lunch and a chance to relax in the sun.
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