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06-07-2014, 06:57 PM #1
Checkerboard. 5/25/14
Checkerboard 5/25/14
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06-07-2014 06:57 PM # ADS
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06-07-2014, 06:59 PM #2
sorry they are out of order and sideways, not sure why
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06-08-2014, 01:41 PM #3
Sick! Nice photos!
How did you exit?
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06-08-2014, 03:04 PM #4
Yep that's him, and thats my foot in the corner. Micah had worn the wetsuit all day because he was worried about cold water and we had finally convinced him to take it off about 15 min previous to the picture becuase there was no water in the canyon. So I stemmed up to wait for him so I could get a picture of him swimming through the PH.
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06-08-2014, 06:02 PM #5
Nice. That final rap is awesome.
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06-08-2014, 09:34 PM #7
It only does it when I use my laptop running 8.1. It doesn't work well with collective either
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06-09-2014, 12:16 PM #8
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06-09-2014, 01:03 PM #9
Looks much cleaner than the last time I was there. It was a pitiful mess of fire debris after the fire raged up there. The one thing I remember most was the super sticky, thick black ooze in every crook and cranny.
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06-09-2014, 03:24 PM #10
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06-12-2014, 12:35 PM #11
TommyBoy told me that you exited UP the narrows, saving TONS of time. Kody, could you share how you set this up, and the total amount of time you spent, car-to-car?
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06-12-2014, 01:28 PM #12
Traveling up the Narrows above Big Springs is against Zion regulations. Therefore it is not suggested to go upstream. If you were to travel up the Narrows, I was told by a reliable source that it takes 4 hours at a good pace to reach the shuttle vehicle that could be placed there which is only a 30 minute drive from the approach vehicle.
I plead the 5th as to which way we traveled.
With a group of 6 we were 11 hours car to car. We didn't necessarily hurry, but we did keep a good pace to and from the canyon. For ropes we had 2 @ 200', 1 @ 90', 1 @ 60w/pull cord. No wetsuits needed
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06-12-2014, 03:08 PM #13
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06-12-2014, 03:59 PM #14
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06-12-2014, 04:01 PM #15
Ya. That. :)
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06-12-2014, 05:06 PM #16
I think y'all are making it too complicated. You pick up a permit to do Checkerboard(they probably won't know where that's at), say which way you will exit if asked, done. That's how we did it last year. If it's changed and they are now adding a second permit, ala Englestead/Orderville, that's too bad. One more layer of b.s. In the permit system.
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06-12-2014, 05:30 PM #17
I don't think I / WE are making it complicated.
Are you implying that it is our choice to get a narrows permit or are you implying you will help pay my fine for not getting a narrows permit?
Just clarifying your statement
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06-12-2014, 05:33 PM #18
Checkerboard. 5/25/14
It is made very clear that any canyon that comes into the narrows above Big Springs requires a separate Narrows Permit.
Any canyon coming in below Big Springs does not. The lower section is day use area.
I have received these rules very clearly from the officers. :)
This is not a new rule either.
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06-12-2014, 06:13 PM #19
Actually, you also need a waiver on your permit to go UP Stream. It is possible to get it, but you have to ask and be polite about it.
Has to do with the Park's relationship with Chamberlain Ranch.
I have gone up after Checkerboard too, and ... and... it really, REALLY sucked. Going down and doing the car shuttle is way better.
Tom
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06-12-2014, 06:15 PM #20
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