so I have arrived in Escalante now it was a gorgeous drive from Zion to here
on the Scenic Byway number 12 highly recommend it do you I am really
interested in a hike called the coyote Gulch however just because I'm doing a
day hike I need to go down to the trail in an area that has a really steep
vertical drop and I don't really feel good about doing that without the proper
equipment so I'm hoping that this guy can help me out in here I read some good
reviews they weren't that helpful at the
visitors center to be honest so I'm hoping he can help me out with some
directions and some rope all right well I've got 200 feet of rope now so that I
can rappel down the gnarly part of the trail so I feel a bit better now about
doing it alone since I have at least got this guy
okay just make it a little pit stop at a place called The Devil's garden because
look at it so it's just a quarter-mile off the little Ravel road that I've been
driving very slowly down but the view has just been incredibly beautiful and
there are so many things to see off of this road so this is one of them it's an
easy one just gonna pop here before I find a place to camp for the night
dude this is one of the coolest pit stops I've ever made just like in life
so in order to respect this as much as possible
and to promote respecting it as much as possible I'm not going to climb all over
the rocks even though it's really tempting
hello guys from the water tank and it was really not enjoyable drive the last
part here the last like four miles or so it was down this smaller side access
road and honestly it would have been much better with a 4x4 you know
obviously these guys don't have one so they managed to make it here too
this is the water tank I pictured it being more tanky but anyway I'm excited
to start the hike tomorrow it's just maybe just gonna be me camping here
tonight there's no one in these cars so I think compared to Zion it won't be too
many people we'll see it's like cell incredible because I'm realizing that I
am the only person out here in every direction that I look I don't see anyone
or anything except for two empty cars so they're like I'm that's such a cool
feeling actually I thought it would be terrifying but it's the sunset was so
beautiful and actually it like feels really cool it feels solitary here is
really kind of special
good morning it's about 6:45 and I'm the only one out here and it was a gorgeous
sunrise I might hit the snooze button a couple times but I still saw it and I'm
getting ready to get out there all right let's go
well far it looks good lots of footprints and then this rock stupa is a
pretty good indicator that things are alright so next we'll be scrambling down
that 200-foot drop man I'm starting to see what I'm in for now that looks so
steep I'm gonna have to rappel down that oh my god hey so that is where I'm
heading straight down there I would be lying if I said I wasn't a little
nervous there's already a rope there so I'm really happy to see that actually
that's a really good indication that I went the right way I brought my own rope
though and it's brand new and I trust it so I'm gonna use my rope and then use
the other one as a backup
okay what I think is the hard part is done wasn't nearly as bad as I thought I
thought it was gonna be more like a sheer drop I think it would have been
doable without the rule but it was just nice to have it there is like insurance
it actually freaks me out more flying my drone filming myself and trying not to
push buttons on the remote as I went so it was fun and now I'm excited to see
what else is here I've skipped ahead by climbing down that rock to get down here
and it's really major awesome
this is so I'm so so so so so cool this really nice couple back there and they
told me that there is a beautiful Lagoon up here but I wouldn't known about
something look good and like over here oh my god I love those people for
telling me about this this is incredible
okay this is amazing and there's nobody here like I have to you on the water
right well you know it's early to call it but this is one of the coolest hikes
I have ever done it's just so many cool features all the arches the fact that
there's almost nobody here the fact that this Lagoon exists
incredible Utah man awesome hey well that is cliff arch and that is the
terminus of my hike today it's been an awesome day so I am gonna power back but
just gonna enjoy this for a little bit gorgeous day gorgeous arch gorgeous
place gorgeous life all right guys here I am
back at Jacob Hamlin Arch and that means that I am almost done for today
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