My friend (Ailese) and I and our kids, and her mom, went hiking up Mt. Timpanogos. I love to hike and was excited at the challenge of packing my kids up LOL I know I'm crazy. However, I struggled (is an understatement) with the cliffs that were right next to the path. The last switchback at the top I had to have a ranger walk next to me or I wouldn't of made it...those cliffs are RANK!! I ended up packing Braden about 97% of the way. I brought a leash and it's a good thing cause when he was walking he would walk over to the edge and check it out and try to chase bugs and chipmunks. I'm pretty sure he would've ran right off the edge without it. Once we got into the cave I thought I would be clostraphobic but it wasn't bad. But apparently the combination of the dark and being past nap time was not good for Braden because about 100 feet in he started freaking out and didn't stop until we got out. So I pretty much dragged him kicking and screaming through the cave. Ailese tried to carry him some of the way but a bunch of the walk ways were pretty narrow and neither one of us could carry him.
On the way down he fell asleep on my back several times and kept saying "mama go home, take nap" it was kinda sad. When we were almost down he decided he wanted to walk and was quite pleasant at that point. When we finished the hike my legs were shaking, my nerves were shot, and I was starving. It was a beautiful day for a hike and I enjoyed it (for the most part). We stopped and had lunch and headed home. good fun but I will not be taking my kids hiking with me again for a while LOL ;)
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