Hiking in fursuit - Kijani Lion's Papago Park Adventure

I went to visit the Furducers Semjay and Taren at their home in Tempe, Arizona recently and brought Kijani down for some fursuiting opportunities.

On Sunday (the last day of my trip) Taren and I went to Papago Park in Phoenix near the zoo - it's an incredible place consisting of trails leading up to natural rock formations with caves and outcroppings.

The paths were rather long and treacherous - jagged, sharp rocks and big thorny bushes were just a couple of the obstacles I had to face on my completely uphill journey.

But the view when we finally got to the top was just incredible... and it was at sunset - you could see the entire skyline and downtown Phoenix bathed in orange and purple hues.

This was by far the most unique, fun... and just plain EXHAUSTING thing I've ever done in suit, but the most memorable - it's something I would never be able to do up in Seattle of course!

Thanks to Taren for taking pics and video! You rock!

To read about this adventure and the rest of my vacation with the fine people that made my suit, visit http://kijani_lion.livejournal.com

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Papago
• Park
• lion
• hike
• mountain
• fursuit
• costume
• Kijani
• Arizona
• Phoenix
• Furducers

[6renardfox6]

Very impressive, funny, and cool. Is that downtown Phoenix that the cameraman pointed out Phoenix, Arizona? I've been there ONCE and I hope to go there again when I'm older.

[lionking300]

Yep that's downtown Phoenix on the horizon. I really enjoyed my time there. Great place to go for a winter getaway since it was 70 there in January when it was snowing and freezing everywhere else in the country.

[TarnSilverwolf]

what the hell is that at 0:36

[lionking300]

When ya gotta go, ya gotta go!

;)

[icanflyhigh]

@6renardfox6 Trust me, Phoenix isn't all that impressive. Just another crappy city. Like the heat? Then go for it. Like stupid people? Go for it. Like flash floods? Swim in it (Don't do it. trust me. lol). It's a decent vacation to go to, but there's not really much of theme parks though. So don't think about doing any of that stuff lol.

[icanflyhigh]

@lionking300 Winter only. HAHA! Yeah.... Summer is a pain in the butt. Very nice during the winter. Lived there for 21 years and I've hated every day of it. The traffic sucks, the people there are rude and selfish, and the damn city is always so damn hot (except winter nights). Now I live in Flagstaff. ALSO! I'm looking for more Arizonan Furries! If you're interested, contact me through youtube! Can be fun!

[911genocide]

2:48 very inspirational

[fursuiter97]

dont u worry about dirt?

[TheKeat67]

Arizona, my home town. I think we have some of the best mountians to hike on : ]

[atreveteaz]

I loved you video! It was absolutely worth my time... Arizona has always been lovely, right? WOuld love to show you my videos to give you more reasons to fall in love with Az... Hope to hangout with you sometime soon. Keep in touch=)

[derschneleopard]

now you dont wanna be here its already in the 100's, and to be in suit here, now you cant last more than 20 mins or so still wish i knew you all were there. i was there on the 14th rock climbing...

[RedRubyDragon6402]

wow 1 Mile... I'm Impressed (and it's was all uphill)