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    Foolin' Around & Playin' Around

    On May 27th, 2015, Jason ( @goofball ) and I went and checked out Foolin’ Around and Playin’ Around. We were short on time because I had to get back to Salt Lake, so we skipped the swimmer at the bottom of Foolin’, and only did the lower portion of Playin’. Both are excellent canyons and I look forward to completing each of them.

    We exited on the east side of the canyon, an easy, obvious, and recommended route. Our car-to-car time was 5 hours.

    The stellar photos below are courtesy of Jason Pease. Hauling that camera bag was worth it after all!

    [I'll add some photos of my own later today]

    -Bob

    Playin'.
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    Me in the bottom of Foolin'.
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    Foolin'.
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    Daddy longlegs lurking in all of the shadows of Playin'.
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    Playin'.
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    Getting tight going up Playin'. The fisheye lens makes the canyon look roomy, but it was only about 10-11 inches wide.
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    good times bob !

    and this canyon has the worst rappel EVER. think it was rappel 2, seen from the top in the pic of bob at the bottom of foolin'. otherwise, a totally awesome canyon. glad we had 2 good ones to do with all the pounding the area got in rains while we were there.
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    Quote Originally Posted by goofball View Post
    good times bob !

    glad we had 2 good ones to do with all the pounding the area got in rains while we were there.
    For sure!

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    Quote Originally Posted by goofball View Post
    and this canyon has the worst rappel EVER.

    What didn't you like about the rappel?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sandstone Addiction View Post
    What didn't you like about the rappel?
    Yes, I'm curious also. Is it the pic labeled 'Me in the bottom of Foolin'? I thought it was a down-climb. Is it wider than it looks in the pic?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Absolute Gravity View Post
    Yes, I'm curious also. Is it the pic labeled 'Me in the bottom of Foolin'? I thought it was a down-climb. Is it wider than it looks in the pic?
    It is wider at the top if I remember correctly. Then awkwardly overhung... *foggy memory of that spot*

    Certainly a rappel for me. Perhaps a downclimb for you. I've seen you do worse.

    I couldn't really see what Jason was doing since I was downcanyon a bit. But it sounded like a fistfight. @goofball ?

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    The huge boulder that makes the drop takes its half out of the middle. i thought at first one side could be down climbed, but past the nose of the boulder the canyon flares out and i didn't like the angles for it. and the canyon slopes down steeeply but stays a deep V and i just found it awkward and annoying. i was trying to keep the rope straight all the way down as well so the pull wouldn't be complicated which maybe added to it. at any rate i am going back to dynamite that section and make that drop much less irritating just in case i go back again.
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    Pictures from my camera.

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    thats great, i like it

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