This week’s Tuesday Photo Challenge prompt from Frank is “Height“.
My entry for this week is from my trip to Hawaii last year. This photo was taken on my hike up the Koko Head trail. The trail is about 1.5 miles round trip from the parking lot, 1200 feet high ( ~ 1000 feet elevation gain) and up nearly vertical and steep 1048 steps of abandoned railway steps. But the trip was also memorable to me as providence, in the guise of my beloved wife, saved me from near death ( or at least a broken body as I slipped during my return trip. I do not know where she got the strength ( I weigh roughly 1.5X her weight ) to hold on to my shirt without herself slipping and stopping me from rolling down steep 500 feet.
Koko Head Trail, Oahu, Hawaii – September 2017. Last 500 steps up is really steep. As per veloviewer.com statistics, average grade is 39.8% with a maximum grade of 85.8% (https://veloviewer.com/segment/1577261/Koko+Head+Trail+Climb).
As I promised Frank, below is my photo from Capilano Suspension Bridge taken during my trip to Vancouver, BC in December, 2004.
Fleeting Muse 
What a beautiful spot. And wow – what an incredibly steep climb. I’d love to go on a hike there someday.
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The distance is not much but it’s quite steep. Coming down is more difficult than going up. Have plenty of water and power bars. Early morning is the best as there is zero shade on the trail. Go at your own pace, no hurry ( the mountain is not going anywhere😊). Once in a lifetimee is enough for me.
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beautiful!
happy you
both survived 🙂
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Thank you.
Someone up there must have decided it was not my time. I survived with scraps and bruises.
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What an adventurous hike! I love hiking too. The Capilano Suspension Bridge is amazing but threatening for those who suffer from vertigo. I could walk on it, but not my husband.
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