2008 Canyons

[mrbrejcha]

In response to the "2007 canyon year" thread, and bordem, what are the plans for 2008? Hopes, goals, wishes? What do folks have in my mind '08?

[CarpeyBiggs]

Heaps, Kolob, and Imlay fer sure. After that, I'll be content with anything...

[Randi]

Heaps, Kolob, and Imlay fer sure. After that, I'll be content with anything...

Yup...me too...all three of those, but especially kolob. I haven't done that one yet! But I won't be content with anything after that. I don't think I'll be content until I learn to fly.

So aside from canyoneering I've decided to climb the Mattterhorn this year (I better get busy training for that). I also wanna fly from Dante's View to badwater in Death Valley. Maaaaaybe after that I'll be content with anything...

~Randi (If all goes as planned - this is gonna be the BEST year ever for adventure!)

[Scott Card]

Heaps, Kolob, and Imlay fer sure. After that, I'll be content with anything...

Ahhh, The crown jewels. So what are you going to do day 4? And by the way, you won't be content. Next you will want to do Imlay in dry conditions so as to do all the hooking and pot hole stuff. Then you may want to do Heaps overnight just because. Then you will want to do the full Kolob through the Narrows because it is just so darn pretty..easy but pretty. Then you will want to do it in Fall conditions, then Spring, then just after they flash. Face it, it is an addiction. I am currently experiencing significant withdrawals as I look out the window at all the new snow.

[Scott Card]

Heaps, Kolob, and Imlay fer sure. After that, I'll be content with anything...

Yup...me too...all three of those, but especially kolob. I haven't done that one yet! But I won't be content with anything after that. I don't think I'll be content until I learn to fly.

So aside from canyoneering I've decided to climb the Mattterhorn this year (I better get busy training for that). I also wanna fly from Dante's View to badwater in Death Valley. Maaaaaybe after that I'll be content with anything...

~Randi (If all goes as planned - this is gonna be the BEST year ever for adventure!)

WOW!! Impressive to do list. Do you need a personal kitchen crew? I know some guys who are pretty good

[rockgremlin]

Heaps, Kolob, and Imlay fer sure. After that, I'll be content with anything...

What he said....IF I grow some cahones....but that's a big IF. But hey - if Carpey can do it, then so can I!

[Scott Card]

One canyon on the list that I just have to do is Choprock. It has been on the list for a long time. I just can't seem to break away long enough to do it. I think I will hit the big three in Zion again this year plus many other repeats with new folks and old friends. My goal is to get better at the climbing stuff up and down and become more comfortable stemming.

[Stick]

I am just like everyone else, I want to go through Heaps, Kolob, and Imlay as well. I have done Imlay, haven't done the other two, and I'm not so sure I'll get to Heaps this year either. Or Kolob if it is closed all summer again. I did get through Choprock last year, it is a GREAT canyon and I plan to go through it again this spring.

As for other canyons that I haven't done before I want to go through Pandora's Box, the Squeeze, Englestead, and Shenanigans.

I had great plans for last year that never materialized - I hardly got out. Hopefully this year is different.

[trackrunner]

Like everyone Kolob, Heaps, Imlay but maybe not a possibility in 2008. My skill level have gone up that I can now start considering these canyons, but with Heaps and Imlay there is no way I can do them on my own, unless I went with someone that has done them before.

Also in the Zion area I have never done: Spry, Boundry, Echo, Misery, Ice Box, and Das Boot. Would like to do Mystery again (last time was 7+ years ago), Englestead again but this time down through the narrows instead of up Orderville (first time Oct. 07), etc.

Mostly though I would like to go to canyons in the other parts of the state I haven't canyoneered yet. Do canyons in the Roost, Escalante, Moab area ect.

[Iceaxe]

There are two canyons at the very top of my hit list. If nothing else I will nail both canyons this summer.

For now we will just refer to them as Canyon #1 and Canyon #2.

And I haven't done Imlay in a while. I could probably be easily talked or bribed into doing it again this summer.

[trackrunner]

There are two canyons at the very top of my hit list. If nothing else I will nail both canyons this summer.

For now we will just refer to them as Canyon #1 and Canyon #2.

And I haven't done Imlay in a while. I could probably be easily talked or bribed into doing it again this summer.

Since you called me a designated driver for the Cotton Bottom does that count as a bribe for an Imlay trip

[Iceaxe]

That and a date with your sister will work.....

[mrbrejcha]

Heaps, Kolob, and Imlay fer sure. After that, I'll be content with anything...

Yup...me too...all three of those, but especially kolob.

So aside from canyoneering I've decided to climb the Mattterhorn this year

I'm in, and yes, that includes the Matterhorn!

[nat]

My list of must do's is pretty short: Bishop, Scorpion West, Kip's Canyon/Checkerboard (wherever that is ), Tracheotomy/Witch's Cauldron and No Kiddding. That said, I sure wouldn't mind doing again a number of classics that many have already mentioned like Choprock, Heaps, Imlay, Kolob, Shenanigans, and the so far unmentioned Death Hollow (the best backpack canyon on the Colorado Plteau ).

[goofball]

short is the time compared to the list...

but -

return to halls creek for happy dog and babboon laughs.

after that maybe i'll get to do one of these -

backpack into peshliki anad north fork ticaboo spurs canyons.
neon, from the top. i felt jipped dropping in 1/2 way.
choprock.
windy point spring slot dumping nito lower horseshoe.
cable.
south fork robbers roost. loop back up middle fork or angel point.
deer creeek slots (paria)

[CarpeyBiggs]

....and the so far unmentioned Death Hollow (the best backpack canyon on the Colorado Plteau ).

ooooohhhh.... I likey.

May I be so rude as to invite myself on this trip? I'd love to photograph DH someday. Not one I feel comfortable about doing solo though.

[nat]

....and the so far unmentioned Death Hollow (the best backpack canyon on the Colorado Plteau ).

ooooohhhh.... I likey.

May I be so rude as to invite myself on this trip? I'd love to photograph DH someday. Not one I feel comfortable about doing solo though.

Sure. I'm always game for Death Hollow, and try to do it at least once every two or three years. Stefan wants to do it too I think. June is usually a great time go down there; warm enough for all of the swims, and usually not too hot. We generally take our time in this canyon, so as to really enjoy it, about 5 days. Great scenery from top to bottom, incredible camp sites and almost nobody in there (I've only seen people in the vicinity of the Boulder
Mail Trail).

[CarpeyBiggs]

You and Stefan in the same canyon? I'm not sure a simple-minded fella like myself could keep pace with you two... Might need to throw a few more stupid guys into the mix too, so I have someone to talk to.

[Cirrus2000]

Funny - DH was one I was marginally considering for a solo trip this spring, but apart from worrying about the technical side of things, my trip is a little too early in the year this time. Instead, I'm looking at something in the Cedar Mesa area (something moderately challenging into Grand Gulch or nearby perhaps) for 5 days. C'mon March 30!

My goals are simple for 2008: Do a few canyons (maybe on my next couple of trips). Get to FreezeFest. Try out a local canyon or three or six or

[CarpeyBiggs]

Yeah Kev, you've got to hook up with some peeps in your neck of the woods, and see some of those canyons in your (literal) backyard. You done Cypress yet? Wow! It's beautiful. And it is right in Vancouver, right through a neighborhood. Wouldn't know it once you are in the gorge though.

I hear you on the grand gulch stuff too. I just mapped out my dream plan for down there, now if I can only execute it...