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Zion · Hiking

Angels Landing: The Hike That Humbled Me in the Best Way

Hiking Angels Landing in Zion National Park: a first-person story of permits, Walter's Wiggles, the chains, and why this bucket-list trail is worth the fear.

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Then came Walter's Wiggles.

If you don't know about Walter's Wiggles, they are 21 stone switchbacks carved into a steep wall, named after Zion's first superintendent, who engineered them back in the 1920s. They are relentless. They are also genius, twenty

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Angels Landing: The Hike That Humbled Me in the Best Way

I was gripping a chain bolted into a sandstone spine, my knees were shaking, the wind was pulling at my hat, and a woman I had never met was standing behind me saying, "You've got this, honey.

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