I really need to do a better job at describing the images I take. The photo as well as the last 4 PAD pictures were taken at Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah. I have a whole gallery of pictures from there under my National Parks gallery.
No I did not have to do any climbing to take this shot. With Bryce, you park at the canyon rim and can hike down if you like. You just have to save enough energy to hike back up. You can actually see the trails down below.