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Thread: Icebox Canyon Sept. 22, 2012
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09-30-2012, 03:45 PM #1
Icebox Canyon Sept. 22, 2012
This was our last canyon on the trip. It was a tossup between Checkerboard or Icebox. Since we had never been to the Kolob side of the park, we decided on Icebox. For those of you who have not been to that part of the park, it is worth the visit. There is a great mixture of red & green plus, we didn
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09-30-2012 03:45 PM # ADS
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09-30-2012, 06:12 PM #2
Nice man, looks like you had a good time. I love those seldom visited canyons.
I did it a while back with Mike Kelsey, when he was researching his slot book. I had done a lot of canyons with him, but it wasn't until the long walk out on this one that I realized why his (much criticized) hiking times are so fast. His legs are like, 8 feet long...I'm a very fast hiker, but I had to double up to keep up with him.
Yeah, that hike out is a big one, no doubt. Beautiful back in there, though.
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09-30-2012, 06:25 PM #3
Icebox Canyon Sept. 22, 2012
Great canyon! Thanks for sharing.
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09-30-2012, 09:03 PM #4
I know the feeling. My tall friend Jared in the pictures is the same way, quite fast. I wasn't sure if the hike out was really long or if I was just tired from the week of canyons. I remember the trail being sandy at points but in general, being pretty flat. I was definitely wiped by the time we got to the car for sure.
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09-30-2012, 09:04 PM #5
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09-30-2012, 11:55 PM #6
Ran out of water with a FEW miles to go? Wow, that sucks. Especially on that last 1/2 mile back up to the parking lot.
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10-01-2012, 08:00 AM #7
Nice trip report. I have always wanted to do this one. The Kolob Canyons area is beautiful.
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10-01-2012, 08:13 AM #8
Your pictures and descriptions are just enough to experience this with you. Nice job. Thanks for putting this report together.
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10-01-2012, 03:12 PM #9
Nice
- Gavin
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10-01-2012, 04:56 PM #10
Thanks for the report. This has been on my radar for some time now and need to head up that way. I've been to the arch and camped before but never through icebox. The hike out isn't too bad
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10-01-2012, 05:52 PM #11
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10-01-2012, 07:06 PM #12
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10-01-2012, 08:10 PM #13
Really? I could have sworn that he told me (back in '03) that he was in his mid sixties...his big goal was to be the oldest man to climb Everest. I remember soon after he told me that some Japanese dude (72?) just did it. I called him and said "Sucks to be you". Yeah, I climbed the MIA with him as well. Maybe he told me the Everest thing was planned for his mid sixties....anyway, sounds like he's still a bad ass dude.
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10-01-2012, 08:20 PM #14
Sweet report. I'm a fan of that anchor on the nail.
--Cliff
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