Deadeye Dick 2014

[WorkBad]

22 May 2014, Natalie and I ventured down Deadeye Dick. We equipped ourselves with a 165ft rope, 200ft pull cord, 100ft of webbing, plus hardware. We got an early start from the Chamberlain Ranch trail head, leaving at 7:30am. It took one hour to get to the turnoff canyon to start our hike out of the Virgin River. It took an additional hour to hike to the proper drainage that is Deadeye Dick. In all, this canyon took us about 5.5 hours, trail head to end of canyon. We coupled this canyon with Mighty Mouse which added an additional hour. From the bottom of Mighty Mouse it was about 1.5 hours back to the vehicle. So in total including lunch stops and breaks, this adventure took a little over 8 hours.

Along the steep hike to the summit I ran into a small rattle snake-friend that scared the $&!+ out of me since I almost stepped on it. It didn’t rattle at all and was clearly way more scared of me than I of it. It slithered off to a nearby log for cover. Be careful out there!

In the drainage proper it took an additional 10-15 minutes of wash walking to get to the first rappel. The first rap had the remains of a dead animal at the bottom and lucky for us there was another great option just a few feet away. Once the raps start they come one after another with a short forest section break in between. The final rap is spectacular. This place was awesome and I can see how people would like to compare it with Birch Hollow, beautiful fluted drops, little puddles of water and forest like. I’ll let the pics do the rest of the talking.

Big, thanks to Luke at www.bluugnome.com for the excellent beta.

Overview


Detail. The blue path is the one we took to the start of Deadeye Dick


Looking up the approach canyon


Looking down the approach canyon












Elk kill. Thanks for the clarification @2065toyota














Final rap looking down


​Final rap looking up

[hikster11]

Nice pics. Man do you work? You have got a lot of canyons in lately.

[WorkBad]

Nice pics. Man do you work? You have got a lot of canyons in lately.

Haha... Yea. Glad you liked the pics!

[2065toyota]

It's an elk kill. There has been a different one every time I have been there. A lion with cubs lives in that canyon right about the petroglyphs. John Z ran into it last year


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[WorkBad]

It's an elk kill. There has been a different one every time I have been there. A lion with cubs lives in that canyon right about the petroglyphs. John Z ran into it last year


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No way! Lion kill? Wow. Super cool. I knew the carcass looked funny, like why is it in pieces, and in a pile? Why is the meat gone but the hair is still attached? Dang Petroglyphs don't know about these, would you mind sending me a PM with coordinates? I'd very much like to check this out sometime. Thanks for the great info.

[deagol]

Nice to see pics of people using the Fiddlestick...

[2065toyota]

Don't have the coordinates. I don't use a GPS. They are near the first section of rock narrows LDC before the first rap


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[WorkBad]

Nice to see pics of people using the Fiddlestick...

Yea, I love this tool. So far I haven't managed to get it stuck.

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[WorkBad]

Don't have the coordinates. I don't use a GPS. They are near the first section of rock narrows LDC before the first rap


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I must have walked right past em then, shoot. Next time...

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[2065toyota]

Nice to see pics of people using the Fiddlestick...

The stick should have been placed up higher closer to the tree so it stays suspended in the air. Once that person goes on down the rap, close attention will need to be made to make sure the stick lays flat and doesn't push out against the rock. Our stick placement on the same rap

[2065toyota]

I must have walked right past em then, shoot. Next time...

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