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I'd like to introduce a site I've been helping with for the past few months: http://ropewiki.com/


ropewiki started out as a replacement for the now-defunct canyonwiki.com, but we've added some...

I am constantly amazed how thoroughly people believe that the particular trade off they have personally made between safety and desirable experiences is exactly the trade off that everyone else in...

Because I know everyone is dying to know whether it's 3X or 4X, here are the actual forces:
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The colored lines represent ropes anchored at various distances from the rappeller (and they're...

To close this out, the other leader had no issues in Russell. He said one of the anchors took a minute to see, but no problems. My Das Boot team met back up with the Russell team a leisurely 2.5...

rockrat, what camera/tools/procedure did you use to make those HDRs? They look great!

Here's a look at a few more variations and some of their pluses and minuses:
http://ropewiki.com/index.php/Figure_8_block

I'm looking to plan a houseboat trip on Lake Powell and have a few questions. I've heard speeds are generally about 6 mph; does this sound right? And that they generally get 1 mile per gallon? ...

Sure -- which narrows, and do you happen to know which pothole?

Sweet, thanks!

Tom lists it at 130', Luke lists it at 110'. My team and I would like to bring 120' as our longest single length, so this difference kind of matters :) Of course, we could improvise if...

Climb-utah's been holding out on me? :)

And its length probably makes it not such a good "in between" canyon (which is what I imagine most people doing walk-ins are trying to get).


Even Keyhole was 100% booked Memorial Day weekend...

Yep, or it may be difficult to access the desktop-oriented web page from some mobile devices, or it may be tedious to load 16 different pages to collect the useful information, or I may be 10 minutes...

I recently had a friend wait at the Zion backcountry desk for a really long time only to find out that there weren't any walk-in permits available for any interesting canyons. That seems pretty...

Super helpful -- thanks again!

Nah, but leading hard 100 ft rappels may have me concerned depending on how hard and what kind of hard. I wouldn't hesitate to have this potential leader lead Pine Creek, for instance.

Thanks -- that's great. Per Tom's suggestion, are the pictures of the last (Russell) rappel 6552-6563?

I'm splitting my Subway group to go down Das Boot and deciding whether to send my other team down the non-technical way or down Russell Gulch. How challenging are the 3 rappels in Russell Gulch? ...

Yeah, GE pulls its data from different sources -- different areas may have substantially different altitude accuracies. In the case of Southern California, the accuracy is amazing good -- much...

About a month late, but here's a trip report from early May:


Pretty much every time I go somewhere, I always wonder whether all these little side canyons I pass on the way would make good...

Looks like a good boot, but probably heavier and with a lot less drainage than I was hoping for.




I pre-treat all my canyoneering shoes with a generous amount of Aquaseal, so maybe that's the...

Does anyone have any size 11 or 11.5 Five Ten Savants they'd be willing to sell? Used is fine as long as they have perhaps 50% life left.

Alternately, does anyone have suggestions for similar...

My group and I were the ones who got passed by Jared and his group in Imlay on Sunday -- we were being not so efficient on a pothole and had taken maybe 30-40 minutes to complete it when Jared's team...

Those are high school girls.


As of 5/4, the water was still surprisingly cold, especially for a pretty dry year. Even though it was a hot day, about 2/3 of my group were glad they had more than...

We (another group from LA) will be doing Imlay on Sunday ~ let me know your contact info and we'll let you know the conditions and/or you can rescue us ;)