Little Rock Climbers

We hiked Ice Box Canyon at Red Rock this past weekend. It is listed as a "moderate" hike. You can make it a little more challenging by choosing to climb over more big boulders.

As we were hiking, we ran into a family coming back from the top of the hike which is a waterfall (when there is water to be found.) The boy hiking with the family said that the pools looked like jello.

We kept hiking and got all the way to the very bottom of the waterfall. There was a short little steep section leading up to where the pools actually were. P&AF climbed up, and I attempted to climb up behind him. It seemed like my shoes kept slipping though, and I couldn't find good hand or foot holds. There was also a big canyon/crevice just to the right of the steep part, and I wasn't to crazy to go rolling off the edge down into that.

So I turned around and just sat down on the ground. P&AF tried to get me to climb up and also said that he was just going up on his own. I ignored him because I was too irritated at my defeat.

After awhile I decided that I better try again. I ended up making it, but it was not easy for me, and I did kick P&AF in the nose.

The pools did look somewhat jello-ish, and they had lots of yucky stuff growing in them.

After looking for a better way down, we ended up creeping down the same way that we got up. We sat at the bottom for a little bit.

Just then a dad showed up with three little kids. I would say that the kids were all 7 or under. One (the smallest) kept saying, "But, I can't do this." And then the dad would say, "Don't ever say that you can't." And he went ahead and just maneuvered all three of those little kids up the steep rock face to the pools. It was insane to me. I felt slightly embarrassed at my difficulty in climbing up the rock. But on top of that...wow, I just can't imagine having three kids so close to the edge like that. They all did fine, and it never actually appeared that anyone was in danger. I just couldn't picture trying to keep track of three kids on a steep rock with a drop off on the side and not having an anxiety attack.