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DESTINATION X-Pine Canyon 9 Photosets 2016-05-29 2015-09-10 2014-08-16 2012-09-29 2011-07-23 2010-10-13 2010-09-04 2010-05-31 2010-05-15 |
| HAZ Member Vaporman's 229 Photosets 2010-07-05 2010-07-03 2010-06-27 2010-06-13 2010-06-12 2010-06-06 2010-05-30 2010-05-17 2010-05-15 2010-05-09 2010-05-02 2010-05-02 2010-05-01 2010-04-24 2010-04-17 2010-04-11 2010-04-03 2010-03-28 2010-03-28 2010-03-27
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I got my car almost to the FR142 & FR142B (Calloway) junction and we road walked up 142B a mile or so before heading west to the eastern rim of upper X-Pine and followed that another half mile before finding an easy slope to drop into the middle part of the canyon. We hit a few extra down climbs and setup an additional rappel that aren't in Todd's beta, but it just added more to the adventure. 
I hadn't heard too many great reviews of this canyon, so I really wasn't expecting too much though I found this canyon's narrows to be pretty sweet! 
The narrows start off with brushy 40ft rappel down to a pool & ledge of the dryfalls with a bolt to perform another 50ft rappel. Here we put on our wetsuits and did another 50ft drop with a very cold swimmer below and further downstream hit another 35ft rap just before hitting the WCC. Once at the beautiful WCC, we stopped for a snack break and warmed up in the glowing sun. 