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04-18-2014, 03:50 PM
“It’s not an adventure until something goes wrong”… Yvon Chouinard
There’s been a lot of chat, of late, about people dropping into the WRONG canyon (http://canyoncollective.com/threads/sandthrax-rescue-march-11-2014.19299/). This is a story about starting UP the wrong canyon – perhaps a more-forgiving error to make.
Went off to do Dead Eye Dick with Amanda from Zion Adventures on Thursday. Since I had not done the one-car approach, and needed to for the website, WE (as in I) decided to do it that way, by starting down The Narrows, then climbing up a side-canyon to get to the top of the canyon. No problem. Chickens surrounded us where we left Amanda’s car, at the North Fork turn. On the drive in, I handed the map with several waypoints marked to Amanda, and walked her through typing in one of the waypoints into the Etrex… only, the point she entered was not the point I intended… (see where this is going?).
Our start was not early, but not too late. After a grey cold day on Wednesday, Thursday was bluebird beautiful and actually kinda hot. Especially for April. We kept a good pace going down the Narrows, pulling out the GPS every now and then to check progress. Hmmm, a little further than I thought… Eventually we got to the waypoint, and a canyon on the left that was narrow and tall. I had not checked the notes from Kip, but this one looked unlikely as a way up, but we scouted up it a ways and… I helped Amanda up a short drop and she scouted ahead – “ends in a rappel” she said.
The Rest of the Story at Latest Rave (http://www.canyoneeringusa.com/rave/adventure-dead-eye-dick-zion-national-park-canyoneering-4-17-2014/)
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There’s been a lot of chat, of late, about people dropping into the WRONG canyon (http://canyoncollective.com/threads/sandthrax-rescue-march-11-2014.19299/). This is a story about starting UP the wrong canyon – perhaps a more-forgiving error to make.
Went off to do Dead Eye Dick with Amanda from Zion Adventures on Thursday. Since I had not done the one-car approach, and needed to for the website, WE (as in I) decided to do it that way, by starting down The Narrows, then climbing up a side-canyon to get to the top of the canyon. No problem. Chickens surrounded us where we left Amanda’s car, at the North Fork turn. On the drive in, I handed the map with several waypoints marked to Amanda, and walked her through typing in one of the waypoints into the Etrex… only, the point she entered was not the point I intended… (see where this is going?).
Our start was not early, but not too late. After a grey cold day on Wednesday, Thursday was bluebird beautiful and actually kinda hot. Especially for April. We kept a good pace going down the Narrows, pulling out the GPS every now and then to check progress. Hmmm, a little further than I thought… Eventually we got to the waypoint, and a canyon on the left that was narrow and tall. I had not checked the notes from Kip, but this one looked unlikely as a way up, but we scouted up it a ways and… I helped Amanda up a short drop and she scouted ahead – “ends in a rappel” she said.
The Rest of the Story at Latest Rave (http://www.canyoneeringusa.com/rave/adventure-dead-eye-dick-zion-national-park-canyoneering-4-17-2014/)
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