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9:30 am and there is a long line of cars waiting for parking
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John joins us for the summit hike
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Let the fun begin
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A beautiful day for a tough hike
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Heading into the Echo Canyon
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Cool rock formation
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The gang on the start of Summit Trail
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Love the green that the rain brougt and the little blue lupines, which look very much like bluebonnets
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Repelling rock climber on the side of the trail
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Getting ready to repell.
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Jeremy thinking of coming back for some climbing
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View of the parking lot from the trail
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This is definitely a busy trail
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Making our way up the really rocky and steep sections
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Tessa taking a break in the cave
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This fense was put up due to lots of hikers hurt themselves on this section that is coming up.
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It is starting to get hot
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Another short break before climbing up this nearly vertical section
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JacQ is excited to try out her Vibram Five Fingers here
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Yep, it was quite steep and JacQ got scared at the top where it was really slippery
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Tessa and Jeremy making their way up
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We are almost 1/3 of the way~
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More steep rocky trail...
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The traffic here is dense
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More cool rocks
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JacQ made it with her Vibram Five Fingers
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Tessa and Jeremy shortly made their way to the top too.
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Tessa taking it all in~
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John, the bad ass hiker who kicked our asses~
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The view from the top was amazing
