14/09-14/10/2013 - photos

Participants: Tom Brennan, Rachel Grindlay

Emerald Pools Walk

Rachel and Tom in front of the Great White Throne

Pine Creek Canyon

One of a number of swims

...chambers...

Birch Hollow

Tenth abseil

Russell Gulch and the Subway

Second abseil in Russell Gulch

One of the subway-like sections (but not the real one)

Rachel

Rachel in the Subway

Middle Echo Canyon

The corridor below the Echo Chamber

In the corridor

Orderville Canyon and The Narrows

First signs of water flow

Spry Canyon

If you need confirmation that Navajo Sandstone is soft...

Tenth abseil

Angels Landing and Behunin Canyon

Rachel on Walters Wiggles

Rachel on a well-chained section, with Refrigerator Canyon off to the left

Rachel on the best section of canyon

Mystery Canyon

Rachel showing off her bridging form

Rachel on the ledge above Mystery Springs

Fat Man's Misery

Rachel on a short abseil with no anchor (well there was a dodgy single bolt on the wall, but it was going to require swinging on to it!). I had the rope jammed under a boulder some distance back and was backing it up off me. The climb down was a bit more dodgy than I anticipated leading to a couple of nervous moments

Rachel in the canyon

Bryce Canyon NP - Queens Garden and Navajo Loop

Wall Street

Capitol Reef NP - Cassidy Arch Canyon

Rachel on Cassidy Arch

Middle Leprechaun Canyon (Shimrock)

Everyone staying high to avoid the slush pit down below

Rick meat-anchoring the next abseil

Rachel and Angela - now it's getting squeezier...

Slideanide Canyon

OK, focus! Rachel showing nice elevator technique

Anya and Rachel and ... oh ... Anya's not fond of spiders?!

Arscenic Canyon

Angela abseiling the second stage

The party near the end of Arscenic - Angela, Rick, Anya, Rachel, Ilze, Tom

Zero Gravity Canyon

Ilze and Anya avoiding an early swim

Rachel in the keeper pothole - it's probably about 3m deep

Rick acting as the anchor for the over the chockstone option

Pleiades Canyon (Walk!)

Rachel and Rick climbing the hill

Medieval Chamber and Morning Glory Arch

Rachel in the Medieval Chamber

Rachel on the Morning Glory Arch

Entrajo Canyon (Walk!)

Heading up the creek looking for our pass

Relaxing after we decide to call it quits for the day

Dead Horse Point Loop

Oh what a feeling!

Ding and Dang Canyons

Bypassing one of the drops via a high ledge

Goblin Valley State Park

An odd shaped goblin!

Blarney Canyon (Left and Right Forks)

It's times like this that you want good grip on your shoes!

The "right" exit!

Hogwarts Canyon

Rachel on the second abseil

Rachel on the third abseil, down to the arch

The Black Hole of White Canyon

Rachel swimming in the middle section of the canyon, the Black Hole

Tom and Rachel

Goosenecks State Park

Rachel at Goosenecks

Rachel in the Conservatory at the Bellagio

Fountains of the Bellagio