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When we did YD a couple of weeks ago it was hot and dry.

We did Yankee Doodle and Birch a couple of weeks ago. At that time, the only bolts we saw in Yankee Doodle were at the first rap. (I thought they looked old and somewhat corroded, but I am told that...

Don't leave us hanging here, Scott! :popcorn:

It seems to me that some kind of block is very nice for setting rope lengths so you don't have to stuff the whole rope in the bag, or for floating disconnects. Otherwise, rapping on a double rope is...

I've been very happy with my Olympus 720SW. Some people say it doesn't have very good picture quality, but I haven't had any problems with it as long as I keep the "film" speed around 100. It does...

Thanks very much. They're not all mine, though. Steve Lewis took some of them. Photographer credit can be seen below each photo.

Nope. We had a full sized red Dodge pickup, but no logos. There was also a van from Colorado at the trailhead. They were camping there and were just stirring from their tent when we pulled up. When...

Hmm! The bathing beauties were conspicuous by their absence when we were there! :roflol:

I'm beginning to think its the company you keep.... :ne_nau:

I noticed everyone who liked Eardley went through with me. :banana:

And just for fun.... if you look you will notice the two...

Okay, so I'm beginning to calibrate the advice I get on this forum...

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Yeah, something like: hike a couple of miles, gain about 1300 feet in a mile, lose 800 feet in a quarter mile, boulder hop for almost a mile, and then five short drops in an eighth of a mile, then...

Of course, at this time, I would argue that the error in your judgement was to go through a second time! But maybe time will heal all wounds and I'll go back someday, although that's pretty hard to...

We didn't try it, but it seems that should be doable. There are places where the drop appears to be no more than a few hundred feet. My only concerns regard the quality of the rock and the ability to...

Four of us did Eardley on Saturday, 6/9. Man, what a lot of effort for very little return! Of course, my opinion could be colored by the fact that I got sick while climbing down the "Eardley Death...

Where is that photo? Do you have a link I could follow?

Thanks.

I do hope that a better-defined cause of the accident comes out. While it is extremely sad to lose one of our community, and of course a tragedy for the family, it is even sadder not to be able to...

I remember that used to be a simple downclimb. Now it's a rap? Has a lot of sand washed out or something? I haven't been through there since last August.[/quote]

it's a rap for us rookies :lol8:
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No fair! :mrgreen: You've already seen a cougar!

I remember that used to be a simple downclimb. Now it's a rap? Has a lot of sand washed out or something? I haven't been through there since last August.

Recently?

A year or so ago, my wife and I went on one of the ranger-led shuttle trips, where they give an entertaining and educational talk about Zion. The ranger mentioned that she used to tell...

Those pix are not from Wild Wind Hollow. They are from Orderville between Birch Hollow and the Narrows. Near the Park Boundary if I'm recalling correctly.

Yeah, thanks. :nono: I haven't tried any of canyons that use the MIA exit yet. After bivying in Wild Wind, I'm really looking forward to MIA.[/quote]

MIA! Bo and I loved it! It was our escape...

And I definitely wish we had gone that way! We would have had to walk the road back to the Birch Hollow entrance to get to the car, but it would have been far less pain! :frustrated:

Yeah, thanks. :nono: I haven't tried any of canyons that use the MIA exit yet. After bivying in Wild Wind, I'm really looking forward to MIA.

I can well imagine that would be easier. Exiting down Orderville, even though making for a long day, is easier than Wild Wind and also has the virtue of being a very scenic route, whereas Wild Wind...