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Sandstone Addiction
09-07-2013, 08:44 PM
Saw this on CC.

More info: http://ericrhanson.com/surviving-behunin/


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZJtEkqeKUw
spinesnaper
09-07-2013, 08:57 PM
Wow. When was this?
Sandstone Addiction
09-07-2013, 09:04 PM
Wow. When was this?

I added the link for his blog, look like it was either the 4th or 5th.
spinesnaper
09-07-2013, 09:23 PM
I added the link for his blog, look like it was either the 4th or 5th.

Just awesome. Glad to be vicariously enjoying this video from the safety of my kitchen.:nod:
PG Rob
09-07-2013, 10:41 PM
Unreal!
Bootboy
09-08-2013, 02:58 AM
Yikes
Jolly Green
09-08-2013, 07:00 AM
Lucky suckers.
deagol
09-08-2013, 08:54 AM
awesome scary video
Taylor
09-08-2013, 03:28 PM
Beautiful photography. Stupid mistakes made by young guys who are not wearing helmets. Reading his blog it appears they now recognize those mistakes. Now, don't repeat those mistakes. I believe that's how we all progress/grow.
Sandstone Addiction
09-09-2013, 04:56 AM
I might have missed it, but did anyone notice a pull cord for that last rap?
oldno7
09-09-2013, 05:45 AM
Things I learned on the internet, today:

When participating in the extreme sport of canyoneering, always seek refuse from a flash flood in the watercourse.
Eric Holden
09-09-2013, 06:11 AM
Yowza! :scared:
mzamp
09-09-2013, 06:48 AM
Beautiful photography. Stupid mistakes made by young guys who are not wearing helmets. Reading his blog it appears they now recognize those mistakes. Now, don't repeat those mistakes. I believe that's how we all progress/grow.

How about the mistake of descending a canyon in monsoon season in the rain? :facepalm1:
Bo_Beck
09-09-2013, 07:02 AM
Had the same happen to us in 1999. We didn't stay in the watercourse, but rather scrambled up and left to get out of the watercourse. There were 2 on rappel when the flash came from Behunin. The initial waterfall was just the short watershed from Mt. Majestic. When the flash hit from within Behunin, the area under the rappel filled with swirling water and threatened to wash us into the watercourse, hence the scramble up and left to get out.
Deathcricket
09-09-2013, 02:58 PM
LOL, it started flashing on them for last rap, so they STAY in waterway and just decide to hide under a large boulder? Almost Darwin award worthy.
Slot Machine
09-09-2013, 06:56 PM
These guys don't have to check with the water district before heading to Kolob.

They can handle it. :cool2: