Colorado -> Utah -> Arizona MTB road Trip - Part 8 - Zion Narrows

Ok nothing to see here move along.. no biking pictures in this post

My Mtb Biking buddy Rick from St George and organised an overnight hike for me through the Zion Narrows - I'd never done an overnight hike before and he'd got together all the camping gear I would need..

The Hike is about 17 miles from Chamberlains ranch to the park shuttle pick up point

As well as Rick his brother and a friend were along for the hike as well

Ricks wife kindly gave us a lift to the start of the trail which took a long time due to road work, and a long drive on a dirt road





After a hike along a dirt track we got into the river and started hiking, we had neoprene socks which kept our feet warm, and two hiking poles each to keep our balance





























The hike itself was great - apart from the heavy pack on my back

Rick set up a stove and we cooked up some food - the grub was suprisingly tasty

I discovered one bad thing about an overnight hike - thats trying to sleep in a tent on a thermarest - I couldnt sleep flat on back as my lower back started to hurt , so i'd lie on one side for a while till that hurt and then onto the over side - by the morning i felt like a rotisserie chicken





The 2nd days hiking in the river was abit harder than the fiorst day as the water was deeper and had more rocks hidden under the murkey waters, at one point i fell over and my camera got soaked - the screen stopped working - but I carried on taking pictures - luckily enough they came out ok















The hike had been a great experience - But I dont think I'll be doing another overnight hike - as my old back cant cope with sleeping under the stars

But I would do the Narrows Hike again as a day hike with a nice lite day back instead :thumbsup: