For those of you who don't know, The Wind Caves are located about 10 minutes up Logan Canyon with a 5.2 mile hike from the trailhead. Mostly all uphill, and taking about 2 hours, the destination are a series of caves formed by erosion. The caves are so named due to the fact that they are open on 2 sides, allowing the breeze to blow through.
The day started off very early, waking up at 7:30 to drive to Logan and begin hiking around 9. The trail started off easy, with a gradual slope upwards for about the first ten minutes...
The rest of the way was pure Hell.
The trail started to get more and more steep with few spots of leveling out. About half way up the mountain... I started feeling sick. I ate breakfast early that morning since the last hike I went on, I felt sick because I thought I hadn't eaten. But it turns out.. that wasn't the case this time.
We reached a shaded area where, I, very winded and very sick, stopped to take a breather. I immediately sat down on a rock and started breathing in through my nose, and out through my mouth. Some fine adults who we didn't know took the time to tell us about some plants and continue their way up the trail.. But I couldn't continue. I told me friends, "Guys, I'm so sick right now." And they just laughed and wanted to continue on. When I told them that I was on the verge of throwing up, they asked me if I needed food or water. Both of which I had plenty of. Then, like a sudden burst of pressure releasing from within... It came.
Vomit.
Three times in fact. I felt so embarrassed. Here I was, puking my guts out, with 3 girls behind me saying, "holy crap... you really weren't kidding." After the upchucks had ended I felt GREAT! I went up the rest of the way with no problems :)
40 minutes later, we reached the destination. With spectacular views, and some professional photography sessions, it was well worth the throw up. ;)
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