Middle Fork of Leprechaun Canyon, North Wash
After a quick lunch in the sun, Dave gives us the beta on Left Fork. Dave and Deb go off exploring.
The crew is now Kurt and Melody, Steve Lewis, Alicia and Tom... (Leprechaun Canyon)
Here's the business parts of the canyons, from above. Amazing slots. (Leprechaun Canyon)
As usual, some disagreement occurs as to where to go and what to do. (Leprechaun Canyon)
Having walked past the Left Fork (our actual objective), here we enter the Main Fork, not yet aware of our mistake. (Leprechaun Canyon)
The canyon quickly became narrow and started dropping. (Leprechaun Canyon)
Tom and Melody deep within the bowels of Middle Fork. (Leprechaun Canyon)
A little wide Mae Westing in Middle Fork (Leprechaun Canyon)
And down into the maw. The Middle Fork has a lot of Mae Westing. People narrower than I will not get through. (Leprechaun Canyon)
Kurt and Melody start to head into the maw. Nothing like team Mae Westing... (Leprechaun Canyon)
Kurty shows where the big guys go. Actually, the big guy and Melody bailed after this section, realizing before the rest of us that we were in the tight, difficult Middle Fork. A wise choice. (Leprechaun Canyon)
A couple short rappels off interesting, natural anchors leads darker into the chasm. (Leprechaun Canyon)
A lot of narrow canyon sideways chimneying, hanging the pack on the Bunny Strap. (Leprechaun Canyon)
And, occasionally opening into small rooms like this one. (Leprechaun Canyon)
And more chimneying. It goes on for quite a while. (Leprechaun Canyon)
And finally, back to Leprechaun Junction and out into the main canyon. Enough already! for one day. Time for some malt beverages and a sumptuous gourmet meal. (Leprechaun Canyon)