The group: Angela & Jeff, Chris Muraski, and Brian Farr
We are headed right........here!
I have never seen so much water in the desert! It made for a gorgeous hike out to the Needle. The streams were rushing and the ground was wet.=).
There were beautiful rock formations along the way. The turn-off-trail for the Needle (that is almost not a trail at all) crosses the creek and heads up the mountain just after passing these pillars.
Brian taking a break in the shade of a large boulder.
Spring is almost here... and with all this moisture... flowers will be growing wildly in another couple of weeks. We'll have to bring the girls out here to enjoy it!
Getting steeper.....
and steeper.....
and steeper!
The view from our lunch spot.
Time for the technical gear. That's me climbing!
Jeff is leading the way, while Brian looks on.
Jeff is our lead climber. He has absolutely NO fear of heights.... sometimes I wish he did!
Jeff belaying Brian.
A great view along the way.
We made it to the top! I'm opening up the registery. My names going in that book!
The gang on top of the Needle.
Now a summit picture without our goofy helmets.
We had a 360 degree view of beautiful mountains all around us. We could even see a lake in the distance... could it be Canyon lake?
This is not trick photography! Chris is really that crazy! No ropes or anything.... and all for a good picture to show his wife Jodi!
I love the repel. How often do you get to just walk off a cliff and be fine? It's like I've got spidy powers.
Chris on the repel.
That's me on that rope! This one's a 200 ft repel. We had to book it down the mountain because the sun was on it's way down. We hiked out in the dark with headlamps, and got back to the car at 10:30 pm. A long day of hiking.... 12 1/2 hours total!
Angela's repel.
The lion cave.
360 view on top
Brian climbing with Jeff belaying.
I don't think I could do that hike. It looks a little too steep for me.
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