Sarah about to go over the edge on the second rappel.

But I screwed up the 2nd rap anchor, and the pull side rope snagged the side of a flake, then burrowed under the flake. We pulled from the bottom, both our full weight, didn't budge. Thankfully, it went tight when the end of the rope was 2 feet above the ground. I ti-blocked all the way up, re-rigged the anchor and had Sarah test pull. No problemo. And of course, I KNEW the anchor was screwed up the first time, and we should have done a test pull! Found only one Royce Trappier (RT) bolt. 20 feet off the ground, on the long, second rappel. Looks like Royce had a bad day. Sling elsewhere might have been his, but there were also new (Fixe) bolts in the canyon, and newish webbing. Someone has been doing the canyon. We saw foot prints that did not look real old. Tom jugs back up to the top, 2nd rappel.

Then rapping back down. Nice location, eh?

Tom examines RT bolt, 20 feet off the deck.

After that, some pleasant walking with big trees, some annoying brush, but not much, then it slots up 100 feet from the end. A short rap at a chockstone, then a downclimb into a one-stroke-swim pothole, then what looks like a longer swim was only waist deep. Cold water this time of year. Then a 120 foot rappel, then climbing down through boulders and out to a bolt anchor, 30 foot rappel to the "edge of the world". Two pins and a bolt - 300 feet pretty clean shot to the ground. Applause when Sarah landed, the final rappel. Good view from over there, at the Weeping Rock balcony. We landed 50 feet away, no danger of knocking rocks on the tourists. A bit of a brushy bushwhack to get out, but thankfully short. The pedestal ledge is exactly half way down. Top of the pinnacle is not reachable, but the chimney on the side had a ledge with a bolt anchor. Pulled up the rope and re-threw it to see if it made it. The half-way mark on the rope was in my face when on the ledge inside the chimney. OLD bolts in there, did not inspect it carefully. Not destined to be a classic, but a good day out. Looks like it might rain or snow tomorrow, so good to get it in before the winter closes in. Overall - No scary sections really, all pretty clean. Had one downslideish to a hummock, shifted right and then rode the right half of the hummock down 8 feet to a fair ledge. Some downclimbing in there was the most dangerous thing we did all day. Weaving back and forth, sticky shoe test. Southfacing - sunny. A bit of water, but not much. Shortish. Not classic, but... not too bad. Tom Rapping into the bottom section. BEFORE the pool.

Longish rappel in the final section.

Sarah taking a rest break on a ledge, final 300' rappel. At dusk.

Coiling the rope at the bottom. Not really that late - 6:00 PM, but it gets dark eary these days. Thanks for dropping by. Keep it safe out there.