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04-20-2014, 04:48 PM
On March 30 2012, Natalie and I took a stroll through Egypt 3 in Escalante, Utah. Egypt 3 took us approximately 8 hours to complete car to car. Time includes a 40 minute lunch at the junction of 25 Mile Wash and time spent building and rapping an optional rap into the final riparian zone. We brought a 110ft rope, 50ft webbing, hardware, and a 200ft pull cord, all of which wasn't necessary for the route we took.
Minus a few potholes we found this canyon almost completely dry but we skipped the very end arch rappel which did have very nasty smelling water and would have been a wader at least. I looked over the small edge from the lip of the optional rap down into the large pothole and the smell was pungent. We decided to hike around the nasty water and narrow section. Also, since we brought all the gear, we set up a stunt rap¯ from a small tree down into the Cottonwood area below, collected the anchor material when we hiked out. This canyon has a wonderful slog back to the rim with full sun exposure, it's great (sarcasm). Side note: I'm a muscular 205lb 6'2"¯, with skipping the last narrow section I had no problem getting through the rest of this canyon, YMMV.
Beta obtained from http://www.canyoneeringusa.com/images/stories/PDFs/Escalante/HoleInRock/Egypt.pdf
Overview
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Detail
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Start & Finish
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Looking down canyon from the rim
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Almost down, Looking back up
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On the canyon floor
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Scenery
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A pothole that taller people will have no problem with
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Scenery
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Standing at the top of the optional rap (last narrows are below this pool)
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Standing next to one of the arches that provides the location for a temporary anchor
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Looking back up canyon from the narrow bypass route
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Stunt rappel
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From the bottom, we hiked up canyon to take a look. The water was disgusting and I'm not sure I would fit in there anyway...
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Overview of the end
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Hike back to the rim and out
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Minus a few potholes we found this canyon almost completely dry but we skipped the very end arch rappel which did have very nasty smelling water and would have been a wader at least. I looked over the small edge from the lip of the optional rap down into the large pothole and the smell was pungent. We decided to hike around the nasty water and narrow section. Also, since we brought all the gear, we set up a stunt rap¯ from a small tree down into the Cottonwood area below, collected the anchor material when we hiked out. This canyon has a wonderful slog back to the rim with full sun exposure, it's great (sarcasm). Side note: I'm a muscular 205lb 6'2"¯, with skipping the last narrow section I had no problem getting through the rest of this canyon, YMMV.
Beta obtained from http://www.canyoneeringusa.com/images/stories/PDFs/Escalante/HoleInRock/Egypt.pdf
Overview
73165
Detail
73166
Start & Finish
73167
Looking down canyon from the rim
73168
Almost down, Looking back up
73169
On the canyon floor
73170
Scenery
73171
73172
73173
A pothole that taller people will have no problem with
73174
Scenery
73175
73176
73177
Standing at the top of the optional rap (last narrows are below this pool)
73178
Standing next to one of the arches that provides the location for a temporary anchor
73179
Looking back up canyon from the narrow bypass route
73180
Stunt rappel
73181
From the bottom, we hiked up canyon to take a look. The water was disgusting and I'm not sure I would fit in there anyway...
73182
Overview of the end
73183
Hike back to the rim and out
73184