If you read my previous blog, and if you read about the Nine Sisters, you will know about Bishop Peak. It's the tallest out of the Nine Sisters.
This was a fun outing! We hiked up Bishop Peak and scrambled around.We found the cutest tabby cat on the way up. Look what it's collar said!
Vince ran right across this pipe! No big deal! lol
On our way up, we came across some people top-roping.
I can't wait to climb!Anyways, as we made our way up, we came upon this one wall. And Vince jumped on it and started climbing up. I was like, "Dude, are you crazy?"
I wonder what that wire thing was?
Of course, I wanted to do it.But I was thinking, God this is so crazy...!
It was a bitch coming down though. It was scary. This was probably not one of the smartest things to do...but the wall wasn't really that tall though...still not smart!
I had to rest a lot on this hike! I can't wait until the day I can climb...it seems better to climb up than to hike up! No clue, but it just seems so.This was the trail from below:
Vince ran some of it and waited on me to get to him. It was hot as hell.
Vince could've just ran up the whole thing! One good thing (among others) about Vince is that he is so positive. I mean, every time we went on an outing, he raised his hand up, and said, "Hi Five!" As we were hiking, he would be a little farther up than I and he would just yell out, "You're doing great Sue" or "we're almost there", even though I would remember him saying that "we were almost there" like 15 or 20 minutes before that. lol
The hike up to the peak was about 3 to 4 miles uphill the entire time. It was hot that day! I was however glad it was a dry heat and not a SC heat! Jeez! We weren't just walking...there were boulders on the way, etc. so it was a good work-out. And with Vince, you can't take a leisurely stroll...so we were walking a good pace, needless to say. This was great for me though. I want to rock climb. I need to do things like this. Vince being an athlete, gave me some advice while I was out there. He told me about anaerobic exercise and about cross-training. Of course, I won't be competing in any Iron Man competitions like he does, but it would help me a good bit in rock climbing. My endurance would definitely get better. It's the hike up that would completely drain me! However, I think I am so excited right now though about climbing, that once we got up to the wall, my adrenaline would pump back in! :)Resting!
It was so beautiful out there! I love these hikes, but I will be so ready when I get to actually climb the face of a mountain to get to the peak instead of hiking up the backside. :)We had so much fun playing around on the boulders and scrambling around. It was a huge playground for me!
House-sized boulders and stuff! ;-)
Thanks Vince for holding my camera! Not only for all the great pics, but because I probably would've dropped it! :)
Lots of boulders to hike up! :)I can't believe I climbed around on boulders in California! When I was a whole lot younger, I remember I used to say that I would never visit California b/c of earthquakes, etc. I didn't even think about that when I was out there. I also didn't even think about sharks at all when I was sea kayaking or surfing. I was more worried about hurting Vince's board!!! lol
It's funny the things that different people are afraid of. You know? Or what we were afraid of when we were little compared to now...more afraid of earthquakes back then rather than now and less afraid of heights back then than now!
Cal Poly is down there somewhere! :)Moving on to the next group of boulders:
I have an "Oh Shit" look on my face here! lol
Great shot, Vince! :) (It took me forever to jump over to that other boulder! I was so scared.)We found this cave. There were all kinds of little cave or holes you could walk in to peer out over the cliff. Vince went in first. He said there were buzzards hanging out the cliff outside of the cave. I wanted to see the fuss!
Isn't this amazing? Thanks Vince for getting pics of this! :)When I go out to climb at Joshua Tree, you better get some shoes, etc.! I want you to take my pics! :) hehe
All of these openings were so cool.
Vince scrambling around...actually, this was pretty dangerous of him to do..."be careful Vince"!
Afraid of heights???
Bringin' sexy back!
I love how these pics turned out! Awesome!
I can't wait for my first time out on rock on the 22nd! 
Vince caught me day-dreaming! I felt so peaceful up there. I think Vince snapped several of these photos of me. He said I looked really happy at that moment. I was! How can anyone not believe in God or a God or that there is not another supreme power out there? Who created all of this beauty? Yeah, earthquakes and plate movement, etc., but there's more behind it all...it's so gorgeous! It almost brought tears to my eyes!The last few boulders and coming out of the last "cave":
As I'm trying to get out of this spot, Vince says, "We would be so screwed if there was an earthquake right about now!" lolHe said that there are pretty much earthquakes there every day, but you just can't feel them. They're so small on the scale! I hadn't even thought of earthquakes at all while we were up there the whole time! haha
It was neat to see earthquake remnants though at Shell Beach while we were kayaking. And in some other areas...the cracks, etc. It was interesting. I'm fascinated by earthquakes and volcanoes! I always have been.
Some climbers on the way down:
I'll be doing that one day soon!The most famous:
I fell in love with this place!This place saved my life after that hike! lol (protein shakes)
I was exhausted and pale and confused...Vince said he'd never seen anything like it before. He told the cashier to put a shot of protein in my Mango shake. I seriously thought I was going to faint! haha
