[Layback]

[EastKing]

Man, two heated threads in a row. What is going on. It must be Friday. Can't we all just hike along!!

[Jasper]

[mgd]

[Magellan]

What a great trip. My wife agreed to come on this one. We loaded up the kids and headed out. I wanted to leave the TH at 4:45. At promptyly 5:45 we headed up. A million thanks to Peggy who carried Lucy the whole way, and didn't seem to mind too much when she complaining loudly. Another million thanks to Mark who started stuffing food in us as soon as we got there. I was totally starving! 795,000 thanks to all the people who watched the kids so we could actually eat. The ledge may not be the best place for an excited 2.5 year old named Jared. It was Shannon's first hike in a year, and her first night hike. I know the rules, and hopefully she will come again so she can be an official TNABer. Great food and great company. TNAB.

[The Angry Hiker]

yukon222 wrote:

[BarbE]

Oh Yeah?

Nabs tribe

[Tom]

Looks like a fun time.

[gone]

Just back from the beach - got a few pics to share. I convinced my wife and daughter to come along with me this time and meet the TNAB tribe. I think they got a real sense of what TNABs are like for me: scrambling frantically to get packed and out the door, arriving 30-40 minutes later than desired, but still 30-40 minutes ahead of launch (pre-NAB), then hustling to make good time only to be passed within 15-20 minutes of leaving! Usually, though, I never see the tribe again, or only briefly back at the trailhead after turning around early. But not this night - this night we were packing weenies, condiments, and fig newtons, and the top would be ours! And, after much cajoling, bribing, sitting, panting, pulling, and hand-holding, we made the top and found the first wave of TNABers spreading food on the rocks and firing up veggie burgers! We shared some dogs and buns, made some intros, and got as acclimated as we could to the oddly claustrophobia-inducing socked-in ledge. The views weren't just bad, or misty, or smudgy, or passing - they were gone. As the pictures show, it was actually pretty easy to see around on the ledge itself, but you couldn't see anything just off any of its edges. It was like someone had draped a photographer's background cloth completely around the ledge. And, interestingly, rather than reduce my normally overripe vertigo and calm my height-averse nerves, this socked-in condition just made things worse, leaving me to imagine the terrible fall awaiting anyone who strayed to close to the edge. I really should have partook of alti-dude's blue nerve-deadening agent. Anyhow, we had a great time. My daughter loved the attention and really liked the hike down in the dark. She's definite TNAB material! Thanks so much for having us, for hauling up all the goodies and the grill and making us feel like members of the most excellent TNAB tribe!

Motivating

Sightseeing

Wave I

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Mmmm, ledge food!

Wet Web

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TNAB2: The Next Generation

[Yet]

This thread makes me giggle. And TNAB makes me happy! My heartfelt thanks to everyone for making it such a great group.

[runningbird]

I'm with Yet. TNAB makes me happy, too. Magellen, I love your family and high praise to all of you for coming with a 2.5 year old and a 4 month old. Lucy is a darling and carrying her was a joy. Barb, So fun with the TNAB tribe. Hey Angry Hiker - I know you're just joking - It is hard to be a hiker and be angry for long! We have to check with the high council but I think you'd be welcome any time. Guess who I saw in the Enchantments Saturday...Rich and colleen and Barb and Rdy hiker!