JUNE 17, 2013: ACCENTUATING THE MUNDANE ON A SUICIDE WALK
Don't worry: It's not what the title may lead you to believe. On Saipan, there is a walkway which starts at an important historical / commemorative site (Last Command Post) and proceeds up to Suicide Cliff, where local families leapt to their deaths when the Americans took the island toward the end of WWII. The walkway is over 3 miles long and gains over 550 feet in elevation. Then, from Suicide Cliff there is a trail which returns to Last Command Post, probably involving about 3/4 of a mile or so (and, of course, the same elevation difference). So, it can make for a nice morning of exercise.
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Here you see some of the blooms of one of our glorious flame trees. In the back ground is Suicide Cliff. There is a walkway from here up to there, which winds around over a distance of nearly 3.5 miles. The elevation gain is >550 feet. Then there is a trail which descends to the right of the cliff you see here (outside the photo, but you wouldn't be able to see it anyway because it's down in the trees) quite steeply back down to Last Command Post.
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