August 25-26 UUTAH Trip

Some of you might find this useful, have fun this weekend....

Hidden Splendor Airstrip:
Any car during good weather can access this trailhead. The San Rafael Swell is criss-crossed with roads. Stay on the road described until told to turn off of it.

From Green River, Utah follow I-70 west for 29 miles to the underpass at mile marker #131. From the cattle guard on the south side of the underpass, follow the graded dirt road signed U24/Goblin Valley/Temple Mountain, for 10.2 miles to the signed Red Canyon/Tan Seep junction. Take the right (west) fork for 3.8 miles to the signed Red Canyon/Mckay Flat junction.

Turn right (west) and follow the road for 0.9 miles to the signed Mckay Flat junction. Take the left (South) fork for 8.6 miles to the signed Hidden Splendor Mine junction. At the Hidden Splendor Mine junction take the left (South) fork and follow it for 10.2 miles to the Hidden Splendor Airstrip (N38

Thanks for the directions Ice! I was going to assemble something like that for the Nelson bros. but now I won't have to.

I would like to go. Is there still room on this trip? Anyone else leaving from the Salt Lake or Utah County area?? Let me know.

From one Draper Resident to anther.... Hi, and welcome to the forum..... :2thumbs:

And to the rest of you heading to the Swell.... I smell a new rope sherpa. :lol8:
Might be a good idea to bring him along.

OK, the standard rules apply. New guy must pass the quiz:

1) Who is the Emperor?

2) Your anchor fails while you are on rappel. You are 95 feet from the canyon bottom, there is no wind, and it is a free-hanging rappel. What is your velocity when you strike the canyon bottom? (in feet/second)

3) How many slot canyons are featured on Climb-Utah.com?

4) If Jane tramples twice as much cryptobiotic soil as Susan, but not half as much as Jason, how much more cryptobiotic soil will she have to trample before the NPS closes public access to the Fiery Furnace?

5) What cheese goes best with apricot hefe-weizen?

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Originally Posted by rockgremlin

OK, the standard rules apply. New guy must pass the quiz:

1) Who is the Emperor?

2) Your anchor fails while you are on rappel. You are 95 feet from the canyon bottom, there is no wind, and it is a free-hanging rappel. What is your velocity when you strike the canyon bottom? (in feet/second)

3) How many slot canyons are featured on Climb-Utah.com?

4) If Jane tramples twice as much cryptobiotic soil as Susan, but not half as much as Jason, how much more cryptobiotic soil will she have to trample before the NPS closes public access to the Fiery Furnace?

5) What cheese goes best with apricot hefe-weizen?

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Damn Rock, those questions be tough!

Maybe you should just make him pay for the Rockstar supply... Speaking of, you still want me to get you two cases? I'm going tonight. One white, one orange, right?

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Originally Posted by 504033

I would like to go. Is there still room on this trip? Anyone else leaving from the Salt Lake or Utah County area?? Let me know.

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Is this Shawn who posted in the Canyons group on Yahoo? Given how large the group already is, I say we let him tag along. I think he has some bigwall experience and what not, so he probably isn't a virgin n00b. Hell, we're letting everyone else come too...

FWIW, I think there will be a woman in attendance for Saturday squeeze on Team Apostate, so I think we take an early 1-0 lead. What's more, she ain't off myspace...

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Originally Posted by CarpeyBiggs

Damn Rock, those questions be tough!

Maybe you should just make him pay for the Rockstar supply... Speaking of, you still want me to get you two cases? I'm going tonight. One white, one orange, right?

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No way! When Mark Shnupp came with us on our Lomatium trip, he passed the quiz with flying colors! BTW, I'm just messin. Since Adam dropped out, there's room for one more.

And YES on the Rockstar! One orange, one white. You da man! Let me know, and I'll paypal the $$$ on over.

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And YES on the Rockstar! One orange, one white. You da man! Let me know, and I'll paypal the $$$ on over.

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You do realize I'm becoming your personal Salt Lake shopping assistant, don't you... Maybe you should call me "Jeeves." Anything else I can do for you, sir?

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You do realize I'm becoming your personal Salt Lake shopping assistant, don't you... Maybe you should call me "Jeeves." Anything else I can do for you, sir?

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I'm thinking we change your title to "Rockgremlin's Bitch"

:roflol: :roflol: :roflol:

504033,

Can you tell us a little about your experience and background. You been in the Squeeze or Quandary direct before? You have a wetsuit? Any other gear you might be missing?

Squeeze and Quandary are both full days, so just want to make sure you are good with that. Hell, for all I know you'll be carting me through there, so I hope the request ain't offensive.

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Originally Posted by Iceaxe

I'm thinking we change your title to "Rockgremlin's Bitch"

:roflol: :roflol: :roflol:

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You say it like it's a bad thing... :bootyshake:

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Originally Posted by Iceaxe

I'm thinking we change your title to "Rockgremlin's Bitch"

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I have to pay people to be my friends....


...thanks Dan, the check is in the email.

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I have to pay people to be my friends....

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Hey you didn't pay me nothing when I brought you the wetsuit, when I forgot mine in Black Hole! I demand a refund!

All right we're on. Cody and I wil leave Vegas around 3:00-4:00 we've got good directions and the GPS points from Shane's stuff.

Cody and I will be barbecuing Steaks for ourselves saturday night. For everybody else (potluck style) we'll be doing siskabobs (sp?) of red, yellow, and green peppers with onion and corn. I've also got a large vegetable tray with dip for everybody.

Watch for us on the road late that night, you know what i drive so if we go right past you or you see headlights wondering around in the wilderness come save us, or at least send the single female to come and save us.

I beleive in god so i'm sure he'll guide me so i can save the wayward agnostic souls.

Weather Issues:

Saturday looks good.

Sunday calls for a 30% chance of thundershowers in the afternoon. In the chance that it decides to rain in our neck of the woods on Sunday, I would rather be in Quandary Canyon ~ NOT The Squeeze. Anyone else disagree?

Yes and no. I think as long as we get an early start Sunday we'll be okay...like 6 or 7AM. When the Squeeze flashed us last time I remember we dropped in at 1PM and the storm hit us around 3PM. If we're in the canyon by 9 or 9:30, we should be out by 1PM. We just won't know for sure until we can see what the sky is doing Sunday morning. So, no rain Saturday or is it similar to Sunday...afternoon showers? If that's the case, residual flow might be an issue too. I think if the Muddy is flowing like the Colorado...that'll be our first clue :lol8:

Saturday is golden. Partly cloudy...highs over 100.

Saturday night the clouds move in (20% chance of rain overnight), and then Sunday there's a 30% chance of showers in the afternoon. My take is...if we're on the trail by 6:30am, we're through most of the tightest stuff in Quandary before noon. Since the Squeeze has such a lengthy approach, we might be in the narrowest part of the canyon when/if it decides to turn nasty -- especially considering our large group size, and also if the water levels in the Squeeze are low, then it will slow us down considerably as well.

Something to think about....

I agree. I don't want to get flashed again...I think we used our "get-out-of-jail-free-card-because-we-were-stupid" the last time. Maybe we could do a pre-dawn departure and get up the slopes before sunrise?

I guess it will ultimately come down to a group decision, but I just wanted to sound the alarm on the whole weather issue. Flash floods in the Squeeze -- I've been to this movie before, I don't need to see it again.