Zion: Telephone Canyon

[Iceaxe]

I've done that hike before carrying some weight.... same as Heaps to the Spring... left for Heaps, straight ahead for Telephone.

I'm still wondering if I have to actually kiss Bo to get him to carry my gear.... I mean I'd do it.... I might not like it.... but I'd do it....

[tanya]

Luckily for you the trail is closed right now so you are off the hook anyway.

[oldno7]

Life sure is easier(hiking) when you don't have harness,ropes,wetsuits along. Bo----

[tanya]

Life sure is easier(hiking) when you don't have harness,ropes,wetsuits along. Bo----

It is!!! Bo is awesome! I really appreciate him!

[Bo_Beck]

I've done that hike before carrying some weight.... same as Heaps to the Spring... left for Heaps, straight ahead for Telephone.

I'm still wondering if I have to actually kiss Bo to get him to carry my gear.... I mean I'd do it.... I might not like it.... but I'd do it....

Sure Shane! I'll carry your gear!

You get to carry the ropes though

[Bo_Beck]

It was a trip with lots to laugh about.

Cold water does that to men....

Yeah But I never look down there!!! Really!

It was really hard not to look down "there" with the backwards wetsuit

[Bo_Beck]

Life sure is easier(hiking) when you don't have harness,ropes,wetsuits along. Bo----

Just training for future endeavours! It would be nice though to be able to just run up there in speedos and a bottle of water and zip through !

[oldno7]

Luckily for you the trail is closed right now so you are off the hook anyway.

Is it closed completely?
We saw the large bags they were using to haul off the broken out concrete.
What a fun job--breaking up concrete all day with sledge hammers(not)

[Bo_Beck]

I'm a pretty slow hiker, it took me 2 1/2 hrs to reach the top of Behunin, How much further is the Telephone drop in?(I know quite a bit more elevation gain)

2 1/2 hours? Well at that rate you would have been at the head of Telephone in another 1/2 hour or so?

[Bo_Beck]

I will look for some. My pictures don't do this canyon justice at all! I was too cold to care! That is not like me!

I really hope some of the pictures that we took on top of that big snow bridge with the crevasse came out.....That was sooooooo coooool!

[tanya]

It was a trip with lots to laugh about.

Cold water does that to men....

Yeah But I never look down there!!! Really!

It was really hard not to look down "there" with the backwards wetsuit

oh

[tanya]

Luckily for you the trail is closed right now so you are off the hook anyway.

Is it closed completely?
We saw the large bags they were using to haul off the broken out concrete.
What a fun job--breaking up concrete all day with sledge hammers(not)

I believe so and it's been closed since the fire up there I think about a year ago?

[Bo_Beck]

It was a trip with lots to laugh about.

Cold water does that to men....

Yeah But I never look down there!!! Really!

It was really hard not to look down "there" with the backwards wetsuit

oh

Actually Tanya...I would never have noticed unless Bushwacker hadn't said something

[tanya]

It was a trip with lots to laugh about.

Cold water does that to men....

Yeah But I never look down there!!! Really!

It was really hard not to look down "there" with the backwards wetsuit

oh

Actually Tanya...I would never have noticed unless Bushwacker hadn't said something

[Bo_Beck]

Luckily for you the trail is closed right now so you are off the hook anyway.

Is it closed completely?
We saw the large bags they were using to haul off the broken out concrete.
What a fun job--breaking up concrete all day with sledge hammers(not)

I believe so and it's been closed since the fire up there I think about a year ago?

Yes...it is and has been closed. Luckily we were able to do some surveying for the park on our Backcountry Patrol. Still a ton of standing Deadfalls that need to be felled. One of the biggest we saw was ready to crash down with the slightest breeze!

[tanya]

Luckily for you the trail is closed right now so you are off the hook anyway.

Is it closed completely?
We saw the large bags they were using to haul off the broken out concrete.
What a fun job--breaking up concrete all day with sledge hammers(not)

I believe so and it's been closed since the fire up there I think about a year ago?

Yes...it is and has been closed. Luckily we were able to do some surveying for the park on our Backcountry Patrol. Still a ton of standing Deadfalls that need to be felled. One of the biggest we saw was ready to crash down with the slightest breeze!

Yeah... something like the first and 2nd "trees" we rappelled from!

[Bo_Beck]

Luckily for you the trail is closed right now so you are off the hook anyway.

Is it closed completely?
We saw the large bags they were using to haul off the broken out concrete.
What a fun job--breaking up concrete all day with sledge hammers(not)

I believe so and it's been closed since the fire up there I think about a year ago?

Yes...it is and has been closed. Luckily we were able to do some surveying for the park on our Backcountry Patrol. Still a ton of standing Deadfalls that need to be felled. One of the biggest we saw was ready to crash down with the slightest breeze!

Yeah... something like the first and 2nd "trees" we rappelled from!

[ratagonia]

Nice Tr guys---man, it seems like the cold will never go away this year.

Great picture of Bo!

Hey, is that an actual "Guided Rappel" y'alls set up? thought Bo was oppossed to all that fancy ropework, and wouldn't that require rappelling single strand?

May I assume there IS a usable anchor for the first rap - and that the tree on the ledge survived last year's firestorm. Lot's of trees near the Telephone Canyon trail attempt to kill you?

Tom

[tanya]

Nice Tr guys---man, it seems like the cold will never go away this year.

Great picture of Bo!

Hey, is that an actual "Guided Rappel" y'alls set up? thought Bo was oppossed to all that fancy ropework, and wouldn't that require rappelling single strand?

May I assume there IS a usable anchor for the first rap - and that the tree on the ledge survived last year's firestorm. Lot's of trees near the Telephone Canyon trail attempt to kill you?

Tom

Depends on if you think that little black burnt stuff is "usable"

I would not say it survived! I would say it's hanging on by a TINY thread!

The rest of the trees were just fine since the guys did not try and hang off those!

[Bo_Beck]

Nice Tr guys---man, it seems like the cold will never go away this year.

Great picture of Bo!

Tanya takes some great shots! I hope there are more to come? I took a lot with her camera as well, but I don't know how they turned out? Hopefully some good shots?

Hey, is that an actual "Guided Rappel" y'alls set up? thought Bo was oppossed to all that fancy ropework, and wouldn't that require rappelling single strand?

Yes it is a guided rappel. It was the last rap and we were opposed to getting wet. I was ready to go down first and try to pendulum to a ledge to try to stay dry, but prepared to swim when "bushwacker" remembered that he had traversed over the top once before, but wasn't sure. When I was getting set to start down, there he was at the bottom. It was a sketchy traverse, so Tanya and I obliged and took his offer of a guided rappel. I had him not guide me and I tried to do the pendulum at the bottom and was unable to get to the ledge and ended up in the water, but then he guided me out and onto dry ground! The anchor for that last rappel is 8' up from the canyon floor right side LDC and is out over the rap. It was a trick to stand on his shoulders while Tanya belayed me from up canyon and then thread the ring!

May I assume there IS a usable anchor for the first rap - and that the tree on the ledge survived last year's firestorm. Lot's of trees near the Telephone Canyon trail attempt to kill you?

It's useable today, but probably not later on? There is a tree that someone had slung on the right side LDC that was used to get to the next anchor (a tree 30' down on a ledge) but required a sketchy traverse with potential of a big pendulum?

Tom