8/30/14 - Escalante - Neon Canyon

**jman** · 10-05-2014, 08:20 PM

Jeff (blue helmet, and the one holding the camera) finished this video about a month ago and posted it on CC. And yesterday he finished editing our Choprock video, so I am now posting both canyons at the same time. ;)

I will copy and paste what Jeff wrote, but then add some of our my own pics from the trip.

Enjoy!

Neon Canyon is a very unique canyon with a beautiful free-hanging rappel at the end into the Golden Cathedral. It has been on my list to do for a very long time and I finally made it down to Escalante to go through this canyon. The canyon was tip-top full of water so there was LOTS of swimming and the keeper pothole was full so we could just swim right over the top. If you ever get a change to do Neon Canyon be sure to bring a wetsuit so you be comfortable and enjoy the beauty that is has to offer, and definitely bring a good water filter or iodine tablets to filter some water. You will need it for the hike back to your vehicle!

We Backpacked in and camped near the mouth of the canyon. It was nice to do it that way, but that also meant we had to carry more gear to stay overnight. That added a lot of weight to our backpacks.

I shot this video with my GoPro HERO3+ Black Edition camera at 1080p at 30fps and edited with iMovie. I had my GoPro mounted to my GoScope Extreme which is a telescoping pole and it works great with the J-Hook mount! Get your GoScope at http://go-scope.com.

*Fun fact - After Jeff had published his video on youtube, a GoPro Creative team-member contacted Jeff to see if the company could use a part of his video in a TV commercial they are making. That made him very happy. In return, he gets a brand-new GoPro out of it. (personally, he should get a lot more out of it, since it's free advertisement for them...but hey, what do I know). But it pays to have a quality video edit, eh?

Jeff didn't include the hike in from the car as he wanted to show *just* the canyon. But if you would like to watch the Egypt trailhead hike down to entrance of Neon canyon - please watch the following: