Renatomic808
05-06-2013, 05:51 PM
So JJ, Anthony, Anthony's wife; Jessica, Kitt, Tim, and my girlfriend Melissa set out on an adventure Sunday May 5 2013. Melissa, myself, and Tim were contemplating which canyon to take our "visitors" this weekend. We had 4 of them visiting from Utah, and our neighbor island Oahu. They were all here to run a canyon or 2 for the weekend. They put all their trust in us, to take them on a fun route. So why not take them on a first descent? We also were told that Jessica didn't want to do anything too "difficult". If we told her it was a first descent, she might not have wanted to come along.
Kitt arrived on Thursday, and we informed him on the plans. The original itinerary to do 2 canyons. However due to a change of plans, we only could run one. Upon further discussion with Tim and Melissa, we decided the first descent would be a lot more of a story to go home and tell your friends about. But of course, he was also told to make sure not to say anything of our devious plan.
We called the canyon "clueless" as an inside joke between us. Since our guests were absolutely clueless on what we were planning. During the whole day during the approach, we were "pretending" the trail was overgrown. Also, because it's been so long since we ran the route, we have forgotten how many drops were in the canyon, and large they were.. though we had an "idea" of what we were gonna run into. That was the "fake story" of how it became the "clueless" canyon.
Our first rap was about 90ft. Tons of water, and a hidden cave/overhang in the middle of the waterfall. It seemed to have caught everyone off guard. Myself included.
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Stream led us here
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Forces you to rappel, or jump here65790
Then brings you to some bolts this guy drilled
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To rap and see this
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Which looks like this from afar. Which is also where the stream merges with Pandora
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In the end, I asked JJ "What would you call this canyon, if you were to be the first to descend it?" He had no idea, as he wasn't thinking of any names. This is where we broke the news to him, and said "well you need to name it". In the end, we stuck with clueless canyon, since it was the whole theme of the day. Route took us about 5.5hrs car to car. That included a crew of 7, and building of anchors. Canyon turned out to be a ton of fun. More pics coming soon!
Kitt arrived on Thursday, and we informed him on the plans. The original itinerary to do 2 canyons. However due to a change of plans, we only could run one. Upon further discussion with Tim and Melissa, we decided the first descent would be a lot more of a story to go home and tell your friends about. But of course, he was also told to make sure not to say anything of our devious plan.
We called the canyon "clueless" as an inside joke between us. Since our guests were absolutely clueless on what we were planning. During the whole day during the approach, we were "pretending" the trail was overgrown. Also, because it's been so long since we ran the route, we have forgotten how many drops were in the canyon, and large they were.. though we had an "idea" of what we were gonna run into. That was the "fake story" of how it became the "clueless" canyon.
Our first rap was about 90ft. Tons of water, and a hidden cave/overhang in the middle of the waterfall. It seemed to have caught everyone off guard. Myself included.
65788
Stream led us here
65789
Forces you to rappel, or jump here65790
Then brings you to some bolts this guy drilled
65791
To rap and see this
65792
Which looks like this from afar. Which is also where the stream merges with Pandora
65793
In the end, I asked JJ "What would you call this canyon, if you were to be the first to descend it?" He had no idea, as he wasn't thinking of any names. This is where we broke the news to him, and said "well you need to name it". In the end, we stuck with clueless canyon, since it was the whole theme of the day. Route took us about 5.5hrs car to car. That included a crew of 7, and building of anchors. Canyon turned out to be a ton of fun. More pics coming soon!