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Segers Hole Canyon aka "The Squeeze" July 1 2012
We had Segers canyon first on our list about a week ago, but decided to first try Cable. Great canyon, but we literally "burned up" in 107F and ended up coming back home early. However, I still had my sights on Segers and couldn't let it go another few months or year.
This time, we went with 6L of water each (instead of 4), and got a 5 am start.
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My wife decided to go back to the car for her 5.10s for better grip and water protection even though she knew she would lose a toenail again...
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The trip was absolutely amazing, and is definitely my favorite canyon in the swell or north wash. (I hope to still try Zions this year).
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Looking down into one of the semi-keeper potholes.
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Only place where we got wet (up to our knees), just before the crux keeper pothole.
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Looking down into the crux pothole, or the tyrolean traverse section. Little bit of water, but not much. There was no fixed rope or webbing, and we couldn't see the other bolt to clip into from this position or below. So, we decided to throw 3 potshots over and batman out. On the pull, each potshot independently came up and over the lip. Perhaps the other side was a gradual slope? Next, we went for the stick clip and hook method into a groove of rock when it started to rain on us. Wow, 0% chance of rain in the forecast, and now we are in a canyon we've never been in before. This caused quite a bit of concern, so we stopped "messing around" and threw the potshots back over, jerked the rope to get them to stick together, and quickly climbed out. Motivation. I wanted to leave some webbing or rope between the two bolts (that were now visible), however we were in hurry mode with the rain. And ironically, just after this section it never rained again.
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Another pool of water that was avoidable.
The canyon was almost completely dry. We did take wetsuits, but they were not needed.
We did see a lot of bolt holes (someone selectively pulled them? I would rather have a bolt than a bolt hole scar). We were grateful for the bolts that were there. It would have been very challenging to do some raps without them. And someone had rigged a deadman that wasn't dead. Meaning, just a piece of webbing around a single rock? So, we fixed that.
It made for a really, really long day. Even after the crux, there is rap after downclimb after partner assist after rap after rap...we thought it would go on forever. What a blast!
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Last rap into the spring below. You can easily avoid this also, but we jumped in for the swim. :cool2:
And yes, my wife lost her toenail. Hoping to try the Adidas or something else soon.
