Need partners for easy canyons in Arches NP Sunday, Dec. 11

[DougInGJCO]

Need partners for easy canyons in Arches NP Sunday, Dec. 11

The canyons I have in mind are
U-Turn
Not Tierdrop
Tierdrop

(Bogley will not let me post the links since I am a new member.)

let me know if you are 'in'.

[Iceaxe]

Not Tierdrop

While the canyon is easy physically, the anchor rigging required is not.... at least not since the bolts were removed a few years back. The rigging isn't exactly hard.... its just not clip and go easy these days.

Thought I'd toss that out their because I didn't know if you meant "girlfriend easy" or the other kinda easy.

[DougInGJCO]

The other kind of easy. Thanks for the reminder. Is there anything particularly tough or tricky about the rigging that you can comment on, please?

[Iceaxe]

Bring lots of webbing (100' ?). The first rappel anchor is the tricky one.

The route is much easy if following it up with U-turn or Teirdrop later in the day. That way you can just retrieve your anchor setup on the second lap and have fewer worries.

[moab mark]

IMO I would pick either Tierdrop or U Turn and then go do some of the other routes around Moab or in the Park. Once you have done one of them you have done them all. U Turn is the easiest one of the 3. Tierdrops first anchor is sort of a pain like Not Tierdrop. Climbing up the crack 3 times in one day is not something I would like to do when there are other places to go.

Just my 2 cents.

Mark

[DougInGJCO]

7 of us did U-Turn then 5 ascended the crack again to do Tierdrop.

Others of you can speak lightly of these if you choose: we loved the crack, the views, the anchors and the raps. Plus who can argue with such short approach and return walks. They are shorter canyons than Zion; but they are shorter walks too. Scenery is every bit as awesome as Zion.

2 weeks ago did Rams Horn (think that is the name?), Granery and ELephant Butte.

Going to the Roost in early Janaury.