Originally Posted by Steve U
LOL. Several years ago, my wife and I decided to take an 'all day nature hike' from the Yosemite valley floor up to the summit of Half Dome and back. 18 miles round trip from our camp site, and 4,800 feet (1460 m) of elevation gain. The hike up was great, but tiring, especially the cables. Picnic with a nice Nalgene bottle of red wine at the top, then the trip down. About 5 miles from camp and long past dark we'd had it - we did have torches (of flashlights as they're called here, 'torches' sets off fears of forest fires and now that I'm in New England, witch burnings), but no emergency blankets. So, we planted our backs against a rock face to sleep for a while...just before turning off our lights, we saw a gleam on the trail - which turned out to be a group of scorpions approaching. Adrenaline took us back to our tent, but the blisters took a few weeks to heal.
Sorry, Denise - have a great hike! [:#]
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