Sylvia, Andrea, Sarah Lizzy and Zoe. Note to self: group pictures will be more flattering if taken before charging steeply uphill in the heat of a Zion morning. Famous they are, these women from England, for being methodical, a polite way of saying "slow". This was their third year in Zion, at least for Sarah. Starting from a background of zero technical ropework, I think they do pretty well. But they are very, very methodical. My schedule allowed one day of canyoning with them, and we selected Engelstead as an appropriate objective, until two days before when I was informed that Engelstead still had "interesting" snowbridges and scary obstacles... uh, how about Behunin? Which turned out to be PERFECT!

A yellow flower that grows out of the rock, in places, including the lower switchbacks of the Angels Landing Trail and the roadcuts of Highway 9 east of the Tunnel. Help with the ID, anyone?

A little poison ivy in Refrigerator Canyon.

At Scout Lookout, a little Spiderwort a bit past prime.

It was hot, so we set a moderate pace and still sweated up a storm. Finally over the pass and into Behunin, it felt better to be moving downhill.

Approaching the first rap in Behunin.

Tom on rap numero three.

Royce Trappier left sign of his passage through Behunin, which today is one of the better bolts at Rap #4.

Sarah launching off on rap #4.

Sarah caught a pic of me doing the Devil's Work.

Rap Five had had two bolts, but sometime this spring one of them pulled out. Last week, I had placed one new bolt (Powersbolt 1/2" x 3-3/4") for the rap - on this day I placed another. The chain is still connected to the intact "old bolt", but not in the system. My next project is to bring a hacksaw into the canyon to take out the chains I put in (a failed experiment) about 8 years ago. They are currently attached (in several places) with quicklinks that are frozen shut.

Canyoneering is such HARD work!