Not Mindbender (north prong entrance)

[davehuth]

Day three of four in the Roost. Paul French and Ryan arrived last night for the Not Mind Bender adventure, we opted for the north prong entrance. Had a fancy breakfast courtesy of Ryan

[french_de]

Nice TR Dave. Great Photos! Sorry I missed it. Was it cooler than Larry?

[davehuth]

Both are great slots, if I remember correctly, Larry drops more and Not Mindbender has longer tighter sections. We'll have to go down and do both...along with Alcatraz...before it gets too warm. Dave

[Iceaxe]

The hike down to the exit is typical Roost, lush with vegetation

When we did Not Mindbender George tagged along with us.... George makes his living as a professional hunting and safari guide in Ghana Africa.... as we were making the exit hike with the lush vegetation towering around us the conversation went something like this.....

George: If we were in Africa we would not being doing this...

Ice: What? you mean canyoneering?

George: No, I mean walking down this stream in the early afternoon.

Ice: What????

George: Yeah... the Lions feed in the afternoon and lie in wait along streams like this ready to kill their dinner....

Needless to say I spent the remainder of the hike out with my butt puckered shut watching for lions in the long grass..... Now I can't hike any of those Roost streams without watching for lions ready to make me their dinner.



Picture of George


What I see when hiking the Roost streams....


Nice TR's.

[davehuth]

Well, we did run across these pussy cat tracks last spring in the roost...

[accadacca]

Very nice TR. Thanks.

[ratagonia]

Love the NMB05 shot. Excellent!

Thanks for the TR.

Tom

[lisa]

You got some good photos, and nice TR! Fashion show pic made me smile. At least you had something underneath.

I love Not Mindbender. Very nice canyon. Personally, I found the Moki steps to be a bit challenging on the way out.