Ryebrye
09-07-2010, 12:05 PM
A group of 5 of us descended Behunin. Conditions in Behunin were as you would expect for this time of year - small pools of water with mysterious sheens, no flow, and a nice temperature inside the canyon.
The hike up was hot. We got a late start - hit the trail around 9AM - because most of us drove down that morning.
I took a lot of pics, but the most interesting shot is the panorama I took on the ledge next to the last Rappel. I posted it on my blog,
http://www.ryebrye.com/blog/2010/09/07/panorama-end-of-behunin-canyon-zion-national-park/
I was pretty careful when I was taking the shots for the panorama, but in hindsight I think I should have been on belay... I don't want to get in the habit of standing unprotected two feet away from 200-foot drops... (I wasn't worried about falling, but... safety first in the future. )
http://www.ryebrye.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Screen-shot-2010-09-07-at-9.34.21-AM-300x254.png
I took a few more panoramas at different points, and when I get time I'll post them on my blog and in this thread.
Trip report part:
We met up with a group of 3 people at the first rappel. They were all new to canyoneering and had just taken a course a day or two again from ZAC on canyoneering. They were doing double-strand on Piranas and backing up their rappels with Prusiks - so every few feet they'd reach down and then slide the rope through their prusiks and then through their piranas.
We had all 5 of our guys down at the top of the second rappel before their second guy was down it.
The group definitely sped up (or our group got slower) - After the first set of drops we didn't see the other group until we got to the 6th rappel right before the last set of rappels. We helped them free their rope out of a groove on the last rap and they asked us for a few tips on adding friction to their pirana.
When I get around to processing them, I'll post more pics here.
The hike up was hot. We got a late start - hit the trail around 9AM - because most of us drove down that morning.
I took a lot of pics, but the most interesting shot is the panorama I took on the ledge next to the last Rappel. I posted it on my blog,
http://www.ryebrye.com/blog/2010/09/07/panorama-end-of-behunin-canyon-zion-national-park/
I was pretty careful when I was taking the shots for the panorama, but in hindsight I think I should have been on belay... I don't want to get in the habit of standing unprotected two feet away from 200-foot drops... (I wasn't worried about falling, but... safety first in the future. )
http://www.ryebrye.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Screen-shot-2010-09-07-at-9.34.21-AM-300x254.png
I took a few more panoramas at different points, and when I get time I'll post them on my blog and in this thread.
Trip report part:
We met up with a group of 3 people at the first rappel. They were all new to canyoneering and had just taken a course a day or two again from ZAC on canyoneering. They were doing double-strand on Piranas and backing up their rappels with Prusiks - so every few feet they'd reach down and then slide the rope through their prusiks and then through their piranas.
We had all 5 of our guys down at the top of the second rappel before their second guy was down it.
The group definitely sped up (or our group got slower) - After the first set of drops we didn't see the other group until we got to the 6th rappel right before the last set of rappels. We helped them free their rope out of a groove on the last rap and they asked us for a few tips on adding friction to their pirana.
When I get around to processing them, I'll post more pics here.