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Went out canyoneering in Glen Canyon for a Zion Adventure Company staff training event. Ramoo and Jenny were running the trip, so I was just a ride-along, which is great fun. The purpose of the trip was for staff to practice non-Zion-type canyoneering techniques, show off their team-work skills and maybe, just maybe, have fun! We consider Glen Canyon an adventure-reserve, so no beta on where we were, just pictures. Enjoy.
Read MoreThe BEST trip, every year. Out on Lake Powell, in Glen Canyon.
Read MoreWe consider Glen Canyon (Lake Powell area) to be an "Adventure Canyoneering Reserve", thus names of canyons are withheld, some details obscured and other mild obfucations taken in the interest of preserving the adventure (for the children!!!).
Read MoreFound ourselves out in Glen Canyon, doing a couple slots just for fun. Last day, we decided to do Clear Creek into the Cathedral in the Desert. Access is provided by landing at and climbing up the Hole In The Rock, then following the road, then cross country to Clear Creek.
Read MoreA visit with a (psychotic) old friend... how sweet!
Read MoreA trip with Ram is always a risky venture. The man has too much energy, too much enthusiasm, too much durability.
Read MoreFor me the approach really sucked... my full 5mm wetsuit weighs 6 pounds dry and it was still damp from the day before. On top of that, I was carrying a 100 foot, 8mm rope and 3 liters of water…
Read More“No Stefanos, you won’t need a wetsuit”
“Ram, are you sure?”
“Yeah, it is a dry canyon, except after real storms and there haven’t been any for awhile”
“I don’t mind carrying it”
“Don’t bother”
Then Tom pipes in “But Ram is often wrong”
It got narrow… really, really narrow. I peered into the gloom and did not like what I saw, but my poor, tired brain had no idea what to make of it. Ram asked, “How’s it look?”
Read MoreOur plan was to do Waterholes Canyon the next day, but the weather did not cooperate, and so we chose the milder adventure of Badger Canyon. We went to Lee's Ferry to camp, and awoke to rain. So, what's a canyoneer to do...
Read MoreWe went off and camped. Next day, we actually had good weather! But, we needed to get the boat back, WAY down-lake by 5:00 pm. Thus we needed something short, like the Cathedral Apse.
Read MoreIn the morning, the plan was Tom G and Aaron would motor up to Dangling Rope Marina on the broken prop, and get it fixed. The rest of us would hang out. In the afternoon, we would motor up to the Cathedral in the Desert (CID) and shoot pictures, then figure out what else to do.
Read MoreWent down to visit Glen Canyon with the Arizona gang in March. One of the highlights of the trip was visiting Cathedral in the Desert at low water, with the waterfall hitting the sand for the first time in forty years. It is a remarkable little spot. We motored around the puddle, did some canyons, dodged the weather, broke a prop, had a good time. Here's the story.
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