Sipsey Wilderness Hike
All that in the foreground is the dreaded PI.
In some parts the trail went right along the edge of the top of the rock shelters and sometimes the only way to get through was to follow the trail into the rock shelter and behind the falls and on slipper rocks. We did one rock shelter hiking behind the falls with only the cell phone to light our way. There was a 40 foot drop into a pool if we slipped and the trail was along slimy rocks sloping towards the drop off (the very same one Jill took last year on her fanny.)
In the photo on the left, I don't know what my flash was reflecting on. I was wanting a photo of the tree with its roots running along the rock.
Alabama's largest known tree. You probably can't see Sean. He's on a rock in the center of the photo and to the left of the tree. See that small head and blue sweatshirt up on the rock?
These are just trail photos.
The ledge has a 60 foot drop. I didn't take the photo. I was hollering for them to get back away from the edge!
Our little trooper. She complained once, when she got a branch across the cheek, gouging a good bit of skin and twice that her legs were tired. She rode Sean's shoulders for only about 4 to 5 miles and hiked the other 7 1/2 to 8 1/2 miles.
See the fallen log? That was from Katrina we think. There were about 3 dozen larger ones that we had to go over on the hike. Two were as tall as a pony's back and we had to hop up onto our belly and swing a leg over to get on with the hike.
The Sipsey is full of boulders and rock overhangs like the one above. Chris and Sean stand on a rock to help give you an idea of size.
The top of the small waterfall on the left is about 60 from the ground. The trees are so large that you can't tell by the photo.
It seems to me that Michael should have been looking at the map instead of the camera! <lol>
Sean has hiked the Appalachian trail for a total of 20 days (I think). This was a walk in the park for him. He was the only one not sore the next day.
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