We tried to leave early for the hike to Delicate Arch - Utah's icon. We didn't get going until close to 9am with the flat tire fiasco. When we started the hike, it was getting hot. The hike is probably 1.5 miles up hill to the arch. Mostly on "slick rock". The hike is considered moderately difficult, but it is made more difficult by the heat and anticipation (and that I had my 5 year old daughter on my shoulders the entire way). The last 100 yards is a narrow strip of slip rock with a steep cliff off to the left (see the picture here). By the time we returned, it was 104 degrees (F).
As I have said in some of my other blogs, the people you see doing these hikes are often in no condition to do anything beyond walking to their pantry and back. We passed one couple that averaged 270 lbs each, in long pants, long sleeves, and carrying a small dog in a dog carrier. They were just starting the hike around 1pm. I would bet a month's salary they never made it. Unbelievable!
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