Originally Posted by
Calmadrenaline
Id just like to clear up a few things,
A. I have edited the TR to exclude that Tom is a nutjob, I dont know him personally and have never met him, therefore have no basis for saying that. This started as a personal blog post, but now it is far from it, that particular sentiment stemmed from the personal feeling of myself and a close few others that many of the canyons he had rated were beefed up. The function of that was mainly to hi-light our over confidence, not to take a shot at Tom. I dont necessarily call myself a canyoneer as climbing is my main focus so what do I know.
B. The vast canyoneering public being middle aged and overweight line: Well you all kind of ar.....:bootyshake: kidding. That line was also meant only to hi-light our arrogance and over confidence which we know was present, not to take a shot at any of you.
C. This was almost two years ago and one of the only close-to-getting-really-nasty epics I have had and the only one in a canyon, Ive had a few forced bivys, and too many expected ones to count in my climbing career thus far, I think that just means Im out there getting after it, nature happens, days are only so long, and objectives are objectives even when things dont quite go according to plan. I really like that quote spinesnaper posted as well "I really believe there are only two types of canyoneers in the world..... Those that have spent a night in a forced bivy.... and.... those who are going to spend a night in a forced bivy....."
D. We will be returning this spring to clean up our webbing, I dont rock "protect wild utah" stickers on my car cause it looks cool. You may ask why we havent done it yet since it has been almost two years.. well, its a relatively low traffic canyon, Im not usually in the area, and, well its not going to be an easy task. Oh, and convincing someone to go as braiden my partner for the epic has sworn never to return!
Cheers,
-Adam