tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post8552180671911666312..comments2024-02-24T03:24:24.785-05:00Comments on writing as jo(e): One foot in front of the otherjo(e)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-90334898921943522502008-03-23T15:23:00.000-04:002008-03-23T15:23:00.000-04:00What an incredible accomplishment!I have enjoyed y...What an incredible accomplishment!<BR/><BR/>I have enjoyed your pictures from your trip so much.Ampersandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14469014547016164445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-41650849778508562842008-03-23T04:49:00.000-04:002008-03-23T04:49:00.000-04:00Wow. Never mind the adrenaline you were feeling, t...Wow. Never mind the adrenaline you were feeling, that put my heart in my mouth. Definitely not for me, I would have been in tears halfway up.<BR/><BR/>Ooo, my verification word is floft!angelfeethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15294684361170521633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-90548401063407001182008-03-22T12:07:00.000-04:002008-03-22T12:07:00.000-04:00When I hiked that trail 13 years ago (!), we heard...When I hiked that trail 13 years ago (!), we heard bunches of people saying how terrifying it was and saw the t-shirts saying "I survived Landing Named After a Celestial Being" and all that, so I said I definitely had to hike that one. I thought it was anticlimactic. Maybe it's just that I'm not afraid of heights or that I was that much younger and stupider back then, but I was disappointed by all the chains and footholds and such. I had wanted it to feel scary, but didn't think that it did.Scrivenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05922358016805022637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-36612617625502796702008-03-22T09:05:00.000-04:002008-03-22T09:05:00.000-04:00Also, it reminds me of this song: http://youtube.c...Also, it reminds me of this song: http://youtube.com/watch?v=5Kr6L22w7H8Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-66404655584435328362008-03-22T07:58:00.000-04:002008-03-22T07:58:00.000-04:00Does anyone else see the elephant in the rocks?Does anyone else see the elephant in the rocks?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-90720644669840910392008-03-22T05:04:00.000-04:002008-03-22T05:04:00.000-04:00Wow,Zion, Bryce, Grand Canyon, ... People die on t...Wow,<BR/><BR/>Zion, Bryce, Grand Canyon, ... People die on those trails every year, you know. Most of them just slip and fall...Jodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15447125159108080797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-65831110180941395952008-03-21T12:57:00.000-04:002008-03-21T12:57:00.000-04:00Wow, what an adventure. I'm so glad you came back ...Wow, what an adventure. I'm so glad you came back safely. Did you find climbing down to be harder? Whenever I walk down a slope or a semi-steep hill, I often have this fear of just tumbling down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-37808264286556131102008-03-21T12:00:00.000-04:002008-03-21T12:00:00.000-04:00Thank you for taking us along on your trip. So muc...Thank you for taking us along on your trip. So much beauty, mystery and adventure - it makes my head spin.helehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00500335410678018061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-24898215207686603332008-03-21T08:55:00.000-04:002008-03-21T08:55:00.000-04:00Amazing! You are so inspiring. Or crazy.Amazing! You are so inspiring. Or crazy.Andromeda Jazmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12355192738014962965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-5807640614452894292008-03-21T01:27:00.000-04:002008-03-21T01:27:00.000-04:00i would have been freaking out most of the way, bu...i would have been freaking out most of the way, but i would have made myself do it. <BR/><BR/>the chains remind me of the chains on the backside of half dome in yosemite. terrifying -- utterly -- but also completely worth the terror. <BR/><BR/>you go, jo(e)!concretegodmotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15715507653195339418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-16726857777572584922008-03-21T01:02:00.000-04:002008-03-21T01:02:00.000-04:00my palms are all sweaty...great pics, great descri...my palms are all sweaty...great pics, great descriptions...Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12807193574571427002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-87682966666307421702008-03-20T23:16:00.000-04:002008-03-20T23:16:00.000-04:00E-mailed.E-mailed.BrightBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13002463263474418737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-43911402214244755782008-03-20T23:04:00.000-04:002008-03-20T23:04:00.000-04:00I'm e-mailing you now.I'm e-mailing you now.BrightBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13002463263474418737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-38458767069631470092008-03-20T22:57:00.000-04:002008-03-20T22:57:00.000-04:00Blackenedboy: There's an email address on the blo...Blackenedboy: There's an email address on the blog. Now, I'm curious as to who you are ....<BR/><BR/>(Do I know you?)jo(e)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-59910299034703812842008-03-20T22:53:00.000-04:002008-03-20T22:53:00.000-04:00Not to freak you out or anything, but I'm almost c...Not to freak you out or anything, but I'm almost certain I know who you are. <BR/><BR/>I mean, I won't say your name just in case I'm right, but I'm nearly positive. <BR/><BR/>I'll e-mail you.BrightBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13002463263474418737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-76825755861425329092008-03-20T22:52:00.000-04:002008-03-20T22:52:00.000-04:00the photo is stunning and so is the story to go wi...the photo is stunning and so is the story to go with it.<BR/>I have suffered from plantars fascitis so I feel for your husband and I do not like heights that much-so I was all agog.Gawdesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09646113157120724047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-85200116777693743332008-03-20T22:39:00.000-04:002008-03-20T22:39:00.000-04:00You are very brave!I'm back in the crowd cheering ...You are very brave!<BR/><BR/>I'm back in the crowd cheering your on....Rev Dr Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11607665272056430039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-81519635896158312012008-03-20T22:05:00.000-04:002008-03-20T22:05:00.000-04:00Even though I know you're back safe, while I was r...Even though I know you're back safe, while I was reading I was worried about how you were going to get back down the mountain. The power of a good narrative, I guess. <BR/><BR/>p.s. my word verification word is nppywek. I just had to report that. Sometimes they are so oddly like words.Sarah Sometimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09415284135104217978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-15298855648233699582008-03-20T21:49:00.000-04:002008-03-20T21:49:00.000-04:00I posted a picture on my photoblog for you, jo(e)....I <A HREF="http://ianqui.aminus3.com/image/2008-03-20.html" REL="nofollow">posted a picture</A> on my photoblog for you, jo(e). I'm pretty sure this was taken while we were at the very top of Angel's Landing. (Taken with my PowerShot A20--my first digital camera ever! A 2MP, I think.)Ianquihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03268223727887685830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-77883195966027664982008-03-20T21:10:00.000-04:002008-03-20T21:10:00.000-04:00I'll be keeping good company with Julie at the tra...I'll be keeping good company with Julie at the trailhead. But a good story you tell about it!susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000470374101306070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-73198071677873182912008-03-20T19:59:00.000-04:002008-03-20T19:59:00.000-04:00Now, I did once climb a dark, worn, stairway for t...Now, I did once climb a dark, worn, stairway for the view from the top of a tower in Central Asia, and I was glad I did it and I wouldn't do it again. But I bet there are other good high views in that park--the difference between good and great doesn't strike me as worth bone-chilling terror.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-79040793023135499732008-03-20T16:49:00.000-04:002008-03-20T16:49:00.000-04:00It's the trail to Angels Landing in Zion National ...It's the trail to Angels Landing in Zion National Park.jo(e)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-87221518415172984082008-03-20T14:58:00.000-04:002008-03-20T14:58:00.000-04:00I want to know where this trail is. Where were yo...I want to know where this trail is. Where were you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-18219797191062033692008-03-20T14:11:00.000-04:002008-03-20T14:11:00.000-04:00Ianqui: Oh, we did pass one hiker, a very polite ...Ianqui: Oh, we did pass one hiker, a very polite young man who stepped off the trail onto a rock to let me pass. It made me triply nervous to see him just casually sitting on this rock outcropping, inches from a fall to his death. I think I said something like, "Oh my god! Be careful! I have this fear of watching people fall to their deaths!"<BR/><BR/>He laughed and said, "Fair enough." And he didn't move again until I had gone safely by. <BR/><BR/>He was probably thinking, "Oh, great. This is like being on a trail with my mother."jo(e)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-67731141366557540762008-03-20T14:06:00.000-04:002008-03-20T14:06:00.000-04:00I'm laughing at some of these comments. I'm glad I...I'm laughing at some of these comments. I'm glad I didn't consult y'all before I went, or I think maybe you would have talked me out of it.<BR/><BR/>My husband hiked this particular trail last year with With-a-Why, and with Boy in Black three years ago. So there was no way I was going to wimp out on something the guys in the family had done. Although that damned ice came pretty close to changing my mind ....jo(e)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.com