Table Rock

There is a little mountain top called Table Rock, situated about 2,000 ft below and to the West of the Grand Teton. It looks like a table from everywhere in the valley, but once you are on it, it looks more like a bench. Yesterday a few friends and I hiked it. It is a great hike, six miles and about 5,000 ft. in elevation one way. The Grand Teton is a little over 13,000 ft. so we were about 11,000 ft. on the top of Table Rock. We had great weather, and even thought it looks a little cold in the pictures it wasn't, just windy.

I learned that Jackson Hole was formed by sinking down into the earth, and that this is partly what formed the Tetons. The earth underneath Jackson was displaced and turned into the Tetons. Although geologists say it is a lot more complicated, and they don't fully understand how it all happened. when you are on Table Rock you feel like you can reach out and touch the Tetons, the pictures don'e really do it justice. But I hope you enjoy them.

Some of you might recognize one of the girls in the picture as a sister missionary that served in our ward back home, Hillary Clemens.


This is hiking along the rim leading up to Table Rock. You can see Table Rock in the upper left corner of the picture. This is my friend Nikki Mendenhall leading the way.


This is a picture of all of us on the top. From me to the right it is Brynne, Hillary, and Nikki. The mountains behind us are (again from left to right) Mt. Owen, the Grand Teton, the Middle Teton, and the South Teton.



Another picture of all of us.


These next two are of Hillary teaching me some Yoga. I was trying to become one with the Tetons.



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