Isaac Canyon - September 16 and 17, 2005 - Page 4
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| RT bolt on the last rappel. I did not figure it out at the time, but this is from Royce Trapier, Zion canyoneering pioneer, probably from the 80's.
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The final rappel - kind of a big one.
Like many of the springs in Zion, this one was developed and piped to the road for use at facilities. Interesting ladders and tied off metal thingees...
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With our long rope, we did it as a single rap, 280 feet.
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There was an old climber's station about half-way down, (about where Steve is in this picture) so its probably possible to do it with raps of less than 200 feet. Old pin anchors like that tend to be no longer strong. (But other anchor possibilities are probably present).
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| The Court of the Patriarchs is quite an amazing place. This is looking across the way at the gigantic, 2000' north face of the Sentinel...
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... and up at Abraham...
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