Too Wet, Aug 5 2005
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My friends Kip Marshall and Matt "Sherpa" Smith had been scouting a canyon in the mountains above Cedar City, and they invited me along for the third try. The first try had been made in the spring, when there was much too much snow around, but the approach had been figured out. The second try in June had been more successful, but when they got to the head of the canyon, it was flowing with WAY too much water. For some reason, they thought I was a Class C Canyon gun, thus the invitation to me.
We found the canyon with just the right amount of water - just enough to make it fun, not enough to make it more serious. Here's the first waterfall, which we scrambled around.
All pictures in this Latest Rave are by Matt Smith.
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Below the waterfall, the streambed was filled with wildflowers and lush growth. We bushwhacked through this Eden. Very nice.
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Shortly, we came to a drop, downclimbed a ways, then rigged a rappel. Using proper ACA technique, the rap starts on the side of the waterfall, but then you get a nice face-shot on the way down. Very fun!
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Small waterfalls above the first rappel.
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The canyon continued with a disconnected series of short drops and narrows between beautiful sections of walking in the stream. It even had a jump. Here's Kip about to rap a chockstone down into a slot, faceshot included.
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