Canyon Resume -

[spinesnaper]

Except for the fact that most breathing accidents waiting to happen don't actually understand they are an accident waiting to happen.....

I treat all new partners as an accident waiting to happen until I've had the pleasure of forming my own opinion.... it just seems to be the safety and prudent assumption.

Sadly, doing a canyon with someone and performing a continuous rescue of someone in that same canyon is a fine line. If you have to continuously rescue someone they should at least have a good sense of humor about it (and buy beers at the end of the day).

Ken

[spinesnaper]

Here be my stats

Number of unplanned bivies - 1
Number of fires made in a national park as result of unplanned bivvy - 1
Remorse over building said fire (on a scale from 1-10) - 7
Satisfaction that said fire forestalled hypothermia and death (on a scale from 1-10) - 10
Bandanas used in lieu of toilet paper - 2
Whole rotisserie chickens carried through and consumed in canyons - 3
Number of good makeouts in canyons - 4
Number of naps taken in canyons - dozens
Number of times my angelic 56 year old mother has said "shit" while on rappel - dozens
Nightmares I had about the crux at Sandthrax - 1
Days I've regretted skipping work\school to be outside - 0

Now that's the kind of resume that's worth reading.

Rotisserie chicken-priceless.

Ken

[Taylor]

There's some validity here. When someone is fishing to be invited on a trip, knowing who they are canyon-wise could be really useful. Are they challenged by The Subway, or up for an Imlay? "Done a few canyons" has a large range of meanings.

Because I plan on fishing for partners or fishing to be invited on some trips this year, here ya go:

The facts:
42 years old (old enough to know that I don't know very much)
40 years in the out-of-doors. Parents started taking us camping young because it was a cheap vacation and they were poor.
19 years hiking, backpacking, mountain biking, boating, river running, camping, climbing around Utah with Laura and our friends/family.
3 years as a "technical canyoneer".
Pine Creek a few times, Subway a few times, Mystery, Spry, Behunin, Birch Hollow, The Squeeze, Quandary Direct, Music, Good Day Jim, Blue John, Burro, a few Vegas and Phoenix canyons, most of the technical routes around Moab/Arches.

And on June 23, 2011 I experienced the most focused/intense couple of hours of my life on the final rap sequence of Heaps.

[AJ]

There's some validity here. When someone is fishing to be invited on a trip, knowing who they are canyon-wise could be really useful. Are they challenged by The Subway, or up for an Imlay? "Done a few canyons" has a large range of meanings.

Whether a separate thread is appropriate? Whatever!

Tom

I've done a few canyons...

Here's the most up to date list I have, however, it severely needs updating as it's only current to 12/2009. Likely around 500-ish now...
http://www.adventure-geek.com/outdrres.htm#CANYONEERING

(Mostly) Unplanned bivvies: 1

Significant Injuries from groups joined/led: 1 (Not me, and group self-rescued; no SAR involvement.)

Number of times blasted by Shaggy: 3

[dustinsc]

Number of years canyoneering: 2
Girls convinced to date me after taking her through a canyon: 1
Canyons descended while wearing a bright yellow ski helmet: about 12
Number of appearances on local television saying something dumb in relation to canyoneering: 1
Acrophobic/claustrophobic siblings taken through a canyon: 2