Azraelisa
Day 40
Getting to Rachel lake is a 4 mile hike, yes, I hiked 8 miles yesterday, I rock. The first three miles of this hike are fairly simple, some ups and downs, mostly flat and some crossing over the creek/waterfalls that the trail runs next to. The last mile is the staircase from hell, where basically all of your elevation is gained and spent climbing/crawling up a creek bed (yes, the trail is in the creek at one point) and roots. I felt bad because in that last mile I had to stop after pretty much every climb but in the end, it was all so very much worth it. The whole thing was amazingly beautiful but finally reaching Rachel Lake... stunning. Just stunning. It was so worth it and would not have been as fulfilling without the tough climb. A lot of people were swimming because the water was pretty warm, it was a perfect sunny day to do this.
Day 40
Getting to Rachel lake is a 4 mile hike, yes, I hiked 8 miles yesterday, I rock. The first three miles of this hike are fairly simple, some ups and downs, mostly flat and some crossing over the creek/waterfalls that the trail runs next to. The last mile is the staircase from hell, where basically all of your elevation is gained and spent climbing/crawling up a creek bed (yes, the trail is in the creek at one point) and roots. I felt bad because in that last mile I had to stop after pretty much every climb but in the end, it was all so very much worth it. The whole thing was amazingly beautiful but finally reaching Rachel Lake... stunning. Just stunning. It was so worth it and would not have been as fulfilling without the tough climb. A lot of people were swimming because the water was pretty warm, it was a perfect sunny day to do this.