Upcoming report/photos - Zion May 2012
Ahoy the forum!
I and fellow-Bogleyite maarten.1975, have just returned from a fun-packed Zion trip:
May 22nd: Pine Creek.... and then Keyhole at night :cool2:
May 23rd: Das Boot/Subway
May 24th: Behunin
May 25th: Mystery
May 26th: Spry
May 27th: Hidden Canyon (from the top down)
May 28th: Birch Hollow (and back up Orderville)
May 29th: Echo
May 30th: Pine Creek (once more... with feeling!)
May 31st: home to Europe and back to the office :cry1:
We stayed true to our 'one technical canyon per day' objective. After the first few days the legs stopped complaining and did the hikes in/out on autopilot: certainly no troubling falling asleep at the end of each day. We took suits for Pine Creek, Das Boot and Echo. It was a chilly day in Spry due to strong winds, but all the rest were hot, hot, hot.
I learned my ankles hate hiking in the Five Ten Canyoneer SAR version; had to hike out the Subway in my Neosocks... I did the remaining days in a pair of Merrell Maipo Waterpro shoes, which were fine apart from slightly less sticky rubber when wet. I'll invest in a pair of Savants before the next trip.
No dramas, apart from narrowly missed treading on a rattlesnake at the foot of the final Behunin rap... just great long days in sublime canyons and great company too.
More soon, with pictures....
Michael.