Best of 2009 Canyoneering Pictures

[Iceaxe]

Time to get our annual best of 2009 thread going...

The rules.... only one picture per post and no more then 5 pictures from any one person. The pictures must have been taken in 2009. The pictures do not have to be yours, but proper photo credit must be given and you must have permission to post the photo if they are not yours. Anything larger then 800x600 will be deleted.

And while it is not required it's always nice if you post a little bit of info along with your picture. What, where when, who and how...

For those interested:

Best of 2006 pictures
http://www.bogley.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4941

Best of 2007 pictures
http://www.bogley.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9751

Best of 2008 pictures
http://www.bogley.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15425

ready set go......

:popcorn:

[Iceaxe]

And as is tradition.... I'll post the first picture....

Below is a picture Mrs. Ice took of me on our first trip through Entrajo.

:naughty:

[CarpeyBiggs]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2608/4015237150_ebacb5b42f_o.jpg
Escaping the Pit of Despair - Smiling Cricket - Oct '09

[Scott Card]

Dan, dood, that Smiling Cricket photo had my vote the minute I saw it. That is one cool shot. I am still miffed I was not there.

[ratagonia]

Dan, dood, that Smiling Cricket photo had my vote the minute I saw it. That is one cool shot. I am still miffed I was not there.

Dan's a little slow on the readin comprehension, tho. Utah edumacation? Might be DQ'd (but Ice would never be so creul).

T :mostes:

[goofball]

dan, i'd love to see the pit in color ( but it is fantastic as is :2thumbs: ). more of a realist myself. think thats why i love your pothole alley shot so much. great colors ! and a great representation of the canyons nature. one pothole to another to another... and whats around teh corner ? repeat.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2610/4056032605_cbdcf3ce6e_o.jpg

[goofball]

& one of my own from poe.

[CarpeyBiggs]

Dan, dood, that Smiling Cricket photo had my vote the minute I saw it. That is one cool shot. I am still miffed I was not there.

Dan's a little slow on the readin comprehension, tho. Utah edumacation? Might be DQ'd (but Ice would never be so creul).

T :mostes:

huh? did i miss something?

[CarpeyBiggs]

dan, i'd love to see the pit in color ( but it is fantastic as is :2thumbs: )

I'll see if i can dig up the color version. It doesn't look nearly as good though, because the light is flat, the walls are muddy in color and texture, so you can't see much of the character. The black and white allows the contrast to be deeper.

btw jason, i got some slot questions for you. scar tissue? looks cool...

[Iceaxe]

huh? did i miss something?

The rules.... only one picture per post

We'll let two pics slide.... I just hate it when someone dumps 20 pics into one post and it takes the page forever to load.

:bootyshake:

[CarpeyBiggs]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3480/4056703750_a2b270fdeb_o.jpg
The Room - Happy Dog - Oct '09

[cookiecutter]

Cathedral Rap, Pine Creek

[cookiecutter]

And just because it got us through...

[Iceaxe]

Yo... for those of you who ride the short bus.... I know you are special and all... but...

Anything larger then 800x600 will be deleted.!!!

[cookiecutter]

Yo... for those of you who ride the short bus.... I know you are special and all... but...

Anything larger then 800x600 will be deleted.!!!

So, because i do ride the short bus....how do we shrink em like you just did?

[trackrunner]

So, because i do ride the short bus....how do we shrink em like you just did?

read in the dark room form image resizing tool in the how to post a picture thread also can use microsoft picture manager

[Iceaxe]

For those on the short bus... Read this for help on Sizing and posting an image on Bogley.

http://www.bogley.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1718

The free image resizer tool mentioned in the thread is a great item to have.

[Scott P]

Tarantula Canyon (Canyonlands NP):

http://www.summitpost.org/images/medium/565758.JPG

[goofball]

dan, i'd love to see the pit in color ( but it is fantastic as is :2thumbs: )

I'll see if i can dig up the color version. It doesn't look nearly as good though, because the light is flat, the walls are muddy in color and texture, so you can't see much of the character. The black and white allows the contrast to be deeper.

btw jason, i got some slot questions for you. scar tissue? looks cool...

i don't remember what that pit looked like really. that sucks. fitting tho, it sure made us feel gloomy when we hit it. can't beleivev all u wussies are pot-shotting across. :2thumbs:

scar tissue - never care to be first, just want to play myself ! saw a cairn in its lower end marking the short scramble out/in just up from teh dirty devil. it is a nice canyon, and in a great setting. just too short. woud make a great side sojourn on a "connection" day between 2 other points. or a very relaxed, mellow, & private oveernighter.

http://www.summitpost.org/canyon/522845/scar-tissue.html

[CarpeyBiggs]

dan, i'd love to see the pit in color ( but it is fantastic as is :2thumbs: )

I'll see if i can dig up the color version. It doesn't look nearly as good though, because the light is flat, the walls are muddy in color and texture, so you can't see much of the character. The black and white allows the contrast to be deeper.

btw jason, i got some slot questions for you. scar tissue? looks cool...

i don't remember what that pit looked like really. that sucks. fitting tho, it sure made us feel gloomy when we hit it. can't beleivev all u wussies are pot-shotting across. :2thumbs:


lol. trust me, whoever goes into the pit still has a scary job. hand over hand 20 feet up some potshots? not my cup o' tea. it was pretty gnarly last time. the potshots pulled on the first try, stuck 'em the second. it is, however, very easy after you get one out. plus, it's a helluva throw across it...

this last time we went through the wart pothole too... that pothole is even scarier then the pit, but, you can throw to a guided rap on that one, and avoid the water/black hole altogether.

[moab mark]

For those on the short bus... Read this for help on Sizing and posting an image on Bogley.

http://www.bogley.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1718

The free image resizer tool mentioned in the thread is a great item to have.

I know how to resize but how do you download so you just get the picture and not the ugly format frame around it?

Mark

[moab mark]

This one is for Tom :2thumbs:

[CarpeyBiggs]

For those on the short bus... Read this for help on Sizing and posting an image on Bogley.

http://www.bogley.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1718

The free image resizer tool mentioned in the thread is a great item to have.

I know how to resize but how do you download so you just get the picture and not the ugly format frame around it?

Mark

you have to upload it to another site, like picasa or flickr, then embed it here.

[moab mark]

I use picasa, how do you embed?

[Cirrus2000]

Go to the picture in Picasa, view the image (as opposed to the album). Right click on the photo, and select "Copy Image Location" (in Firefox) or in IE, click "Properties" then select and copy the "Address (URL)". Paste the URL into your post, surrounded by "" tags. That's it!




[img]http://lh6.ggpht.com/_IMS4bC3_sUA/SjFqY6A99EI/AAAAAAAAOnA/Wv7osNZ9tfw/s640/IMG_2926.JPG



gives:

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_IMS4bC3_sUA/SjFqY6A99EI/AAAAAAAAOnA/Wv7osNZ9tfw/s640/IMG_2926.JPG


Picasa photos are sized 640x480 by default, so they fit well on the forum.

[Scott P]

Forbidding Canyon:

http://www.summitpost.org/images/medium/506932.JPG

[moab mark]

Ok so something is strange here. The first one is the url from picasa, the actual picture is the url from one of my web albums?

http://picasaweb.google.com/markimsmith/MoabHalloween09?authkey=Gv1sRgCKCwh_K9ya_wZA#53993 50697018676834

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_IMS4bC3_sUA/Su7oZK907sI/AAAAAAAAPpM/ZhzAND4LMVM/s512/CIMG0121.JPG

[forum8fox]

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w232/forum8fox/SandthraxNoKidding203.jpg

[Scott P]

Culvert Canyon in mid-winter

http://www.summitpost.org/images/medium/494891.JPG

[Scott P]

Pool Arch

http://www.summitpost.org/images/medium/572134.JPG

[moab mark]

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_IMS4bC3_sUA/SjFwQg56QiI/AAAAAAAAOs8/k2hQTw-WE1w/s512/IMG_3056.JPG

[bruce from bryce]

Photo taken on the Rees-Dart Track, February 2, 2009, South Island, New Zealand.

[trackrunner]

Ok so something is strange here. The first one is the url from picasa, the actual picture is the url from one of my web albums?

http://picasaweb.google.com/markimsmith/MoabHalloween09?authkey=Gv1sRgCKCwh_K9ya_wZA#53993 50697018676834


The reason this hotlink didn't work and the others did is that it's not the image address. When you hotlink and image with the image tags it needs to end in an image like .jpg, .gif, .php.

This is what the code from your second pic that worked looks like. Notice how it ends in a .jpg


http://lh3.ggpht.com/_IMS4bC3_sUA/Su7oZK907sI/AAAAAAAAPpM/ZhzAND4LMVM/s512/CIMG0121.JPG

[cookiecutter]

Here we go, I think I have the image sizing things down..

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2539/4131291193_c50ec2b673.jpg

[canyonguru]

it just pine creek picture is not in black and white it is the way i took it with no edditing.

[canyonguru]

overlook trail

[stefan]

that one slot canyon in trachyte creek ... kinda goes by a few names ... another one of those neat places on the plateau


title: just enough juice remaining for one photo
http://www.math.utah.edu/%7Esfolias/sc/trachysm.jpg

[CarpeyBiggs]

a little bump -

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3628/3452091404_73379291a4_o.jpg

the chamber, cowboy (gravel) canyon.

[goofball]

,

[goofball]

cowboy slot

http://inlinethumb28.webshots.com/19163/2829850420054335321S600x600Q85.jpg (http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2829850420054335321XJhuMe)

[Pelon1]

Classic Mystery Shot! :cool2: ps thats oldno7 up at the anchor.
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_7hy3bEhALKQ/SxxKlEDCYQI/AAAAAAAAAV4/E663_5ah8_A/s512/Mystery%20026.JPG

[shaggy125]

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_wQ60dxYujlg/StzCCDsMMfI/AAAAAAAAADg/LuF14Z6lrqw/s800/00726.JPG

West fork of Cheesebox

[shaggy125]

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_wy02q6yIb3w/SqBHhOnFTaI/AAAAAAAARGU/zlsxCDgAJgA/s800/00672.JPG

Corbett Creek. Ouray, Co

[shaggy125]

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_wy02q6yIb3w/SqBAMoqOGFI/AAAAAAAAREc/_HU--d_DXJc/s800/00646.JPG

Bear Creek. Ouray, CO

[ScoutColorado]

Pleiades Canyon, August 2009, Erin on Rappel

[ScoutColorado]

Tierdrop, BogleyFest 2009, Justin on rappel

[ScoutColorado]

Pleiades, August 2009, Erin on rappel

[ScoutColorado]

Granary Canyon, BogleyFest 2009, MoabMark on rappel

[ScoutColorado]

Pleiades Canyon, August 2009, Victor on rappel

[nonot]

Very nice photos! Thanks for sharing, I gotta try to do that canyon my next visit to Utah! :2thumbs:

[xxnitsuaxx]

I know I know - no helmet. One of my friends left his in the car and I decided to play the altruistic one and risk head damage.

[oldno7]

Pleiades in optimal condition's.

[AFI]

Awesome pics all. Thanks for sharing.

[Iceaxe]

Both pictures from Moab...

Top from Dragonfly

Bottom from Onion Creek

:popcorn:

[Iceaxe]

And one more..... Mark Schnupp in Pleiades.

[ratagonia]

Keyhole Cyn Zion, Dec 9, 2009

not really a canyoneering picture, but I like the contemporaneousness of it.

(how's that for a 10$ word...yup, had to look up the spelling)

Tom :moses:

[waterluver]

Hogwarts Nov 2009

[cookiecutter]

Behunin:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2635/4175368868_1329990678.jpg

Pine Creek:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2549/4174610411_107c991596.jpg

[trackrunner]

Not my pic. Taken by Deeps during Bogley Zion noobfest 2009. I spotted this light tunnel and thought it would look cool as a beam me up photo. This was the best shot

http://gallery.me.com/deanpaulrussell/100040/DSC_0100/web.jpg

He had a lot of epic pics from that trip more found here
http://www.bogley.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=178545#178545

[ScoutColorado]

Behunin:


Beautiful shot Cookiecutter!
RR

[forum8fox]

Shenanigans, 3 of my friends first canyoneering trip. We down climbed everything except the last drop. My friend half acting at the first down climb:
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w232/forum8fox/canyons/Picture361.jpg

[forum8fox]

Shenanigans again, find your happy place:
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w232/forum8fox/canyons/Picture405.jpg

[forum8fox]

Shenanigans again, welcome to stemming:
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w232/forum8fox/canyons/Picture431.jpg

[forum8fox]

Shenanigans again, I'm like a kid in a candy shop:
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w232/forum8fox/canyons/Picture493.jpg

[Iceaxe]

BUMP!

Lets see some more of your best stuff from 2009.

:popcorn:

[trackrunner]

A couple I took
http://www.bogley.com/forum/files/heaps_09.jpg

[trackrunner]

http://www.bogley.com/forum/files/heaps_12.jpg

[trackrunner]

From Pine during Bogleyfest 2009

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_4AaVh5zBZaQ/SyKNwGVI0II/AAAAAAAAARY/5rRq-cCFtUk/s576/bogleyfest_starfish_pine%20%2817%29.JPG

[bruce from bryce]

1st photo - Campfire flareup
2nd photo - Ram and Aaron in Middle Lep

[Iceaxe]

From the Moab Bogley Fest.....

[Iceaxe]

And one more from Moab...

The hot young stripper wife took this pic of the king of the jungle.... :haha:

[moab mark]

Here's a couple from Zion.

[trackrunner]

Some from Moabfest
this is a 3 image stich of Justin. doesn't look good shrunk like this so i'll just link it

http://bogley.com/forum/files/roa_04.jpg

another good one of justin

http://bogley.com/forum/files/roa_06.jpg

I like the contrast on this one

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_4AaVh5zBZaQ/Svtf05rn8oI/AAAAAAAAAG0/5z49-WdRZYM/s512/IMG_5855.JPG

[moab mark]

Rockgremlin meditating.

[ratagonia]

Some from Moabfest
http://bogley.com/forum/files/roa_06.jpg


Awesome! :2thumbs: Morning Glory, I presume?

:moses:

[oldno7]

Pool Arch/Rock of ages

[trackrunner]

Awesome! :2thumbs: Morning Glory, I presume?

:moses:


Pool Arch/Rock of ages

This. First optional rappel. I skipped it.

I wonder if you can set up a guided rappel through the arch. Bottom anchor trees are strong enough but haven't seen the top anchor.

[Iceaxe]

Hey trackrunner, I have almost the exact same picture. :lol8:

This is Scott P on the big rap in Rock of Ages.

[moab mark]

We haven't set a guided rappel but we have used one of those big trees at the bottom as an anchor. We then slid down the rope on a carabiner from inside the bottom of the arch to miss the puddle. Worked great. Plan on trying out a guided rappel next time I am there, my kids want to try it.
The tree at the top is not the best but pretty stout.

[Rob L]

The Moon shot, Bogley goof fest Moab November 2009 (I think that 17 folks should have got this one):


http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/868mick/Dscf0048-1-reduced.jpg

[trackrunner]

The Moon shot, Bogley goof fest Moab November 2009 (I think that 17 folks should have got this one):


here is my best pic from that rap

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_4AaVh5zBZaQ/SvtePGKrH8I/AAAAAAAAAF0/faCcw-Z_uaw/s720/IMG_5913.JPG

[goofball]

that is really cool.



The Moon shot, Bogley goof fest Moab November 2009 (I think that 17 folks should have got this one):


http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/868mick/Dscf0048-1-reduced.jpg

[Iceaxe]

Yeah.... Rob's moon shot picture is one of my favorites. :2thumbs:

[bretoyce]

Found this little guy in a wash while looking for a canyon near St. George. A petrified desert tortoise baked in the sun. The leg was hallow it was just the scaly skin and the shell the scutes started to peel off leaving bare bone kind of an interesting pic.