The Moki Dugway is a road in Southern Utah that shouldn’t be driven even if you’re just a bit under the influence. It’s mostly dirt and gravel with no guard rails and narrows in some places. I didn’t drive it up very far. That’s what a drone is for.
Watch at HiDef at Full Screen. Music is In Your Beat by Django Django.
It’s just south of Ouray and infamous for its dangerous curves and steep drop offs. Power lines along the highway prevented me from getting better footage but maybe next time I’ll figure it out. Watch in HiDef at Full Screen.
This video is from this past summer. Watch with extreme caution! Watch at HiDef and Full Screen.
This hike at Zion National Park is for adrenaline junkies. Unfortunately, I only had enough adrenaline to get near the very top but I completed the part with big drop offs left and right.
The swells a few weeks ago were crashing pretty high along California’s Pacific Ocean Coastline. Fortunately these two people were not hit by these massive waves and swept to sea.
I climbed Yosemite’s Half Dome towards the end of a 65 mile backpack through the High Sierras of California. So my legs were a bit weary when it came time to scale the precipitous granite walls of this iconic rock face. Thankfully, the National Park Service had installed chains and boards to the seemingly vertical approach. Like most things in California, there was a waiting line and I hate lines. The only thing I’m willing to wait in line for anymore is a hot dog at Pink’s in LA.
When visitors to Zion National Park ask me what hike they should try, I tell them if they aren’t afraid of heights and adventure, you must conquer the diabolical Angel’s Landing. I’ve completed it 3 times but see no reason to risk my life again. The peak was named by a Methodist clergyman, Frederick Vining Fisher, who thought that ‘only an angel could land on it’ although I made it.
The National Park Service offers plenty of warnings.
It’s a 2 1/2 mile climb from the trail head at The Grotto to reach the summit but it’s the last 1/2 mile where the trail gets its reputation. The NPS has carved steps into the sandstone and added chains to aid your ascent but danger still abounds.
