02/16/13 - Boltergeist

[2065toyota]

325'. Thats a lot of rope to haul through. 95' with a pull cord is more than enough and much more manageable. The last rap can be rigged on a tree for a 30' rap at the head or just downclimbed RDC.

[Aj84737]

I led a group of co-workers through Boltergeist on Wednesday late morning and a group who had just finished yelled across the way that they had seen two rattlers. I'm assuming that was you, so thanks for the warning! We saw one baby rattler on the climb out.

Also, we brought a 100m (325 ft) rope which was perfect for doing the final rappel all the way to the bottom. A 112 ft rope sufficed for all the other rappels. Part of our group rappelled the first significant obstacle - the 30ish ft crack you normally down climb. Lots of loose rock on that rappel that could fall on observers below so make sure the down climbers are standing well clear. Nice, leisurely pace with four intermediate-level canyoneers and one noob = 3 hours car-to-car.

Yep that was us that yelled over to you guys.