french_de
05-06-2013, 04:34 PM
The Wives of Cohab Canyon in Capitol Reef National Park
If you aren’t already familiar with the 7 parallel, aptly named slot canyons that intersect Cohab canyon in Capitol Reef NP you should take the plunge.
The Wives are surprisingly good and very fun canyons, easily accessed AND the exit is downhill.
Many a trip report and comments have passed before me about these canyons, so I will abstain from the usual banal jokes and comments that so easily arise with these canyons
We decided to follow the recommendations of the beta suppliers and do a combination of the two best wives; wife 3 followed by wife 5.
By the way, what is the penalty for having two wives? Two mother-in-law’s! The wives are quick enough so that 2 canyons can easily be done in a half day outing.
There is a limit by the way to the number of wives anyone can do – 16 to be exact: 4 better, 4 worse, 4 richer and 4 poorer
We used the betrothed gully for our initial entrance to get on top of wife 3. We left the 220 foot rope at the top of the big rappel in Wife 3.
Paul monogamously remained at the top of wife 3 and retrieved the rope and met up with us at the top of wife 5. That big rappel in wife 3 is mostly free hang
For our second ascension we took the sandstone ribs between Wife 5 and Wife 4 topping out right above Wife 5. Question: why did the polygamist cross the road? To get to the other bride
Wife 5 is the best. This was my favorite of the day. It has the beauty and requires some moves to get thru .Did you know that some people consider bigamy and monogamy as the same – One wife too many.
Thanks to Bluugnome and AjRoadtrips for Beta
Thanks to Paul, Sandra and Monica for pictures
Thanks as always to all my canyoneering partners (Dave, Monica, Paul, Kari, Matt and Sandra) for a great time.
Doug French
If you aren’t already familiar with the 7 parallel, aptly named slot canyons that intersect Cohab canyon in Capitol Reef NP you should take the plunge.
The Wives are surprisingly good and very fun canyons, easily accessed AND the exit is downhill.
Many a trip report and comments have passed before me about these canyons, so I will abstain from the usual banal jokes and comments that so easily arise with these canyons
We decided to follow the recommendations of the beta suppliers and do a combination of the two best wives; wife 3 followed by wife 5.
By the way, what is the penalty for having two wives? Two mother-in-law’s! The wives are quick enough so that 2 canyons can easily be done in a half day outing.
There is a limit by the way to the number of wives anyone can do – 16 to be exact: 4 better, 4 worse, 4 richer and 4 poorer
We used the betrothed gully for our initial entrance to get on top of wife 3. We left the 220 foot rope at the top of the big rappel in Wife 3.
Paul monogamously remained at the top of wife 3 and retrieved the rope and met up with us at the top of wife 5. That big rappel in wife 3 is mostly free hang
For our second ascension we took the sandstone ribs between Wife 5 and Wife 4 topping out right above Wife 5. Question: why did the polygamist cross the road? To get to the other bride
Wife 5 is the best. This was my favorite of the day. It has the beauty and requires some moves to get thru .Did you know that some people consider bigamy and monogamy as the same – One wife too many.
Thanks to Bluugnome and AjRoadtrips for Beta
Thanks to Paul, Sandra and Monica for pictures
Thanks as always to all my canyoneering partners (Dave, Monica, Paul, Kari, Matt and Sandra) for a great time.
Doug French