"PORTAL"

i almost forgot the pics of the portal trail, i couldnt remember where the entrance was so it took us a minute to find it, but when we made it to the signs i remembered every thing..
if you look ahead of me in this picture you can see where the trail begins, ive been on some pretty hairy trails in my day and this one rates at the top, for those of you who have been you know, those of you who havent, well, get ready to walk a bit. dont let that discourage you though, every one should see this view, every one should feel like they are going to die every once in a while, and you will never believe there is a trail there if you dont see it for yourself..

just inches from falling as much as 400 feet in places, it was a hair raiser riding this at times, fuckin chris almost took a wrong step, i turned around for this pic..

the infamous sign, its actually 200 feet to the first cliff, theres a good chance if you fall you will roll over that edge and plummet another 100 to 200 feet further to the river floor, ouch !!!

we were in the switch backs when we spied this dude, its an honest to god rock crawler, i just bet when night comes this guy crawls around, can you see the eyes ? how 'bout the legs ? to put him in perspective he was about the same size as a short school bus...

this picture tells it all, do you see the trail ? come on its right there, see it ? okay, i know if i didnt know that we came through there i wouldnt be able to point it out either. at the top were the cliff comes down and there is that little v then the boulder, see it ? now were the bushes run along the the upper edge, see it ? so the trail comes through the v and along the top of the bushes, yeah i know, go see it some time its pretty cool !!