Halloween Hike to Tangerine Falls

what is more perfect than a hike on a beautiful halloween morning? not much. after the choir festival on friday night (which went very well and was quite fun, minus the fact that i had the worst headache of my life) my section (clark K) decided to get up and go for a hike up to Tangerine Falls. it was an absolute blast! and look i even have some pictures to go with it...you can all finally see the people i've been talking about :)

this is barrett, me and allison (barrett's roommate) looking very forlorn about taking the wrong trail.just kidding we are still happy to be there...well i am at least. barrett looks confused and allison, angry
one of the highlights of the hike was barrett falling off a bolder. below, i think i am telling the tale of it, as she made her way up the safer route. she was trying to climb the bolder instead of going around it like the rest of us. shea was behind her and wanted to spot her, saying, "even though i probably won't help much, it still makes me feel better to try and break your fall, if you do fall." barrett is hanging onto a branch at the top and as i extend an arm to help her up the rest of the way, she lunges for it, misses and slides a few feet. shea and i both think she is going to catch herself, but she doesn't and continues to slide off the rock face towards shea's open arms. instead of catching her, shea ends up punching her in the face on the way down and barrett ends up crumpled in a pile of leaves. at first i didn't know whether to laugh or not, but then saw she was okay and completely exploded with laughter. the only thing that was hurt and bleeding was her lip, where shea punched her. oh, man! the rest of the hike we didn't let shea live that down, saying "please do not try and catch me, shea" aw, poor her. but so hilarious!
reggie, me, barrett and shea after the fateful event :)we eventually made it up to tangerine falls all of the group in one piece and this was the beautiful view. the picture doesn't do it justice. barrett, reggie and i weren't satisfied and decided to climb up to the peak, where the waterfall starts. let me tell you, it was a pretty intense climb. i wouldn't even consider it a hike, since it is pretty much all vertical rock the whole way up, with a pretty nasty drop, if you slip. we did make it and got to sign a paper that is up at the top. this picture is from the bottom, looking up. it doesn't look super high, but it's definitely a ways up there. our group members looked like little dots of color from up there. so amazing! i should have some more pictures to come at some point, but that is all for now. gotta start a communications paper.