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| | Canyoneering | 1.80 Miles | 4 Hrs | | 0.45 mph |
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| | Intermediate Canyoneering - Difficult or dangerous; Tech Climb; rope reqd; descent anchor; exit technical; | | A - Dry or little water; shallow or avoidable water; no wet/dry suit | | Risky - Extraordinary risk factors exist; solid skills/judgement reqd; no beginners | | II - Normally requires a half day |
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| no partners | | | Blake and I downloaded azmike's gps route to get to the drop-in point of Headdress Canyon. We were glad to have his route as we felt it would have been time-consuming and frustrating to find it without the gps coordinates. The first ~ 35-feet rappel was already rigged off a large boulder RDC. So we checked the webbing and then roped in and got some practice on a pretty straight-forward descent. The water was up to my underarms and was refreshingly cool and not very mucky. Next was some boulder-hopping to get to the second rappel, about 15-feet. It could have been down-climbed, but not by us. So we opted to take the time to set up our own anchor, just for the practice, and had another straight-forward rappel. A very short distance from there was the 70-feet rappel. Down into the "rabbit hole" we went to get our gear sorted out and to check out the existing anchor. We single-rope rappelled with a pull cord and all went smoothly. The alcove at the bottom was cool and would be a great spot for lunch. In fact, we should have stopped there to eat because it took us well over an hour to get back to the truck due to all the vegetation in the creek bed. It was constant boulder-hopping and avoidance of catclaw and other pointy plants. We were famished by the time we got out. For the effort it took to get through the long exit, we wished there had been at least two more raps to make it more worthwhile. Perhaps done at another time of year or after a less rainy summer there would be less vegetation in the creek bed. |
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| Stephanie and Blake Barnard |
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