New Mexico
06-08-2011, 06:02 PM
My son and I did Baptist Draw/Upper Chute today. It was his first experience with technical canyoneering. He has been rock climbing and bouldering for several years but the variety of skill sets we encountered today in our four hour trek kept him anxious for more. He wants to do some more canyons so it was a successful adventure.
The first drop we were able to down climb and the anchors and webbing were in good shape at the other two rappels. There was a lot of water in uppper chute and it was cold but fun. The climb out was not bad and the walk back to the truck in the sun was enjoyable.
We saw a group of scouts headed down Baptist Draw as we were exiting the canyon. I hope they made it through the water without having to swim because there were some spots that were easily over four feet deep.
The first drop we were able to down climb and the anchors and webbing were in good shape at the other two rappels. There was a lot of water in uppper chute and it was cold but fun. The climb out was not bad and the walk back to the truck in the sun was enjoyable.
We saw a group of scouts headed down Baptist Draw as we were exiting the canyon. I hope they made it through the water without having to swim because there were some spots that were easily over four feet deep.