We had a little Tom's Canyon Festival down in Zions (ha ha), which, due to normal July temps, was known as the Bake Fest. It was somewhat hot, which calls for early starts and wet canyons. Thankfully, the Narrows had just opened, so many options were available.

I planned on doing Oak 1 (Kelsey or North Fork) on Thursday, then Das Boot on Friday - but a Subway permit was not to be had for Friday, so we switched to Plan B - Das Boot on Thursday, Oak on Friday.

Sunrise in Zion Canyon

Permit line at 6:30.

Permit line at 7:00, when the windows open.

The Gang for Das Boot: Denise Manweiler, Eric Godfrey, Jim Schnepel

Descending slabs to get to the Boot.

 

Denise seems rather un-perturbed by the sketchy traverse to get to the walk-in point.

And finally, into the water. The Boot was full of nice, clean water. Much wading, a couple of swims. Nice.