Right Fork Fest - Zion National Park - Oct 19 and 20, 2002

Back down to Zion for another grand trip with the Big Crew. We had quite a posse heading into the Right Fork of North Creek, but decided to break into squads to check out various entries. Here's the Left Fork from the West Rim Trail...
Another beautiful October morning

 

West Temple in the distance, Right Fork below.
The Right Fork below, various mesas and Phantom Valley - a vast landscape of solitude.

Down, down, down into the abyss
Brian and I dropped into a nice canyon off the West Rim, finding this dead tree as an anchor for our first rappel.

Brian enjoys his first rap off the Omnisling.
Our canyon turned out to be a beauty - narrow, interesting, pretty. A couple rappels, mostly off the Omni-sling, and we were into the Right Fork proper.

The Adlai Stevenson Alcove.
Eventually, we wandered down the right fork, swam a few chilly pools, did a couple of raps, and ended up at the Grand Alcove, just before dark. Each member of the Fork-fest recounted their journey for the day. Whiskey was drunk and lies were spoke.

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