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Another miserable trip in Fat Man's
Our group of 5 did the Fat Man's Misery hike last Saturday. We camped on the Park's east side on Friday night and hit the canyon early Saturday. It's a long hike to the 'goodies" but they were a lot of fun. With the weather quite warm, the swims and wading were very welcome. After a casual lunch break, we hiked upstream to the waterfall then returned to our packs to hike downstream to the exit. We dropped our packs again and hiked downstream to Labyrinth falls. The water was clear and refreshing. Then the 'misery" comes as the long hard hike out is unavoidable. I filled a couple water bottles with river water and occasionally poured some over my head and bandana which did a lot for keeping this fat man cool. It was a long hard day and next time I'll do the exit upstream and out French canyon. I didn't take a lot of shots of the canyoneering but maybe you'll appreciate the scenery in Parunuweap Canyon.