Pictures from Zion National Park, September 2003

Really needed a wide angle lens to capture the double arch. :(

The highlight of our trip was hiking the Angels Landing Trail. For a brief description and a good professional picture of it, see here. The following are some of our pictures. I would've taken more, but I spent a good part of the time hanging on to chains myself. I have yet to see a picture that gives a true sense of just how exposed this trail is with respect to dropoffs. Here's Dad and Susan heading up the first chained section. This was one of the easier sections with chains.

At Angels Landing with some of the crowd. There was a constant stream of hikers going up and down this trail.

Looking down-canyon (to the right) from Angels Landing.

Looking up-canyon (to the left) from Angels Landing. That's a two-lane road running next to the river, about 1500 feet below us. The dropoff about ten feet in front of me is almost purely vertical.