For less than 24 hours, successfully climbing to the top of Angels Landing was my proudest accomplishment of the trip. But even on the hike down, I began to plan the next day’s hike. Five miles round trip wasn’t bad, I thought. I could probably walk further and climb higher. I had devoted a full three days of my trip to hiking in Zion, so why not tackle one of the longest, toughest day hikes in the park? Brimming with confidence on Day 3 of this trip, my second day in Zion, I stepped off the park shuttle at Weeping […]