Tag: Dangerous

• The Anxiety-Producing Angel’s Landing Hike

  

  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.            

  Michael Andrew Just

  December 20, 2017

  Desert Southwest, National Parks, Utah, Zion

  Angel’s Landing, Dangerous, Southern Utah, Steep, Trail, utah, zion canyon, zion national park

• Lookout People!

  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.  

  Michael Andrew Just

  March 11, 2016

  California, Ocean

  Beach, Big Waves, California, Carmel, Danger, Dangerous, High Surf, Ocean, People, Point Lobos, Sea, Surf, Swells, Waves

• Yosemite’s Half Dome

  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 […]

  Michael Andrew Just

  April 2, 2014

  California, Out In The Field, Sierras

  amazing creatures, Cable Mountain, California, Climb, Dangerous, National Park, Yosemie

• Angels’s Landing Anyone?

  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 […]

  Michael Andrew Just

  March 24, 2014

  Desert Southwest, Out In The Field, Zion

  Angel’s Landing, Danger, Dangerous, Hike, National Park, Treacherous, utah, Zion