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| Hike & Climb | 31.89 Miles |
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| no partners | | Vishnu! 59th party to summit! Finally got this done. I think I've wanted to do this since my first trip in the canyon. What an amazing summit!
Day 1. Down Tanner. Blew up packrafts and put in below a riffle below Tanner rapid. Uneventful float to Unkar. Stashed our rafting gear, and tanked up on 2 gallons of water. I knew there was supposed to be water in Unkar about 2 miles from the river but I didn't trust it with this dry year. I didn't want to have to hike back to the river to get water in case it was dry. Luckily when we got to the spot there was plenty of water. We drank more there - it was a hot day. Headed up to a dry camp at the confluence with the main arm of Unkar and a side drainage leading to the Freya-Vishnu saddle.
Day 2. Up the side drainage to the saddle. Nice redwall route. We had one big bypass in the Tapeats. From the saddle, countoured to the correct Supai bay and started the climb. Quickly got to the Supai crux. It looked easy, but was a bit intimidating when I got up there. Figured out the moves and made it up without issue. Setup a handline for the rest. Onto the Coconino - some fun exposed scrambling thru this section. Next was the Kaibab and the boulder problem. Thought this was the easiest of the cruxes. Maybe due to the lack of exposure. After this took a little searching to find the next climb - finally found the super exposed 10 ft climb. I thought this was the crux of the climb. Spent about 30 min on the summit. Maybe my favorite summit view in the canyon. Made quick work of the descent back to camp. A few of us did two rappels, and two just handlined down. I brought my harness so I was determined to use it. Packed up and moved camp about an hour down to water.
Day 3. Hiked back down to Unkar - put in below the rapids/riffles. About a mile down we ran into a riffle that we should have portaged. I almost flipped twice, but managed to stay in. I was pretty rattled. I've done a lot of packrafting in the canyon, but I have a fear of flipping. We also portaged Escalante, and Neville. At this point I was done, so I packed up and hiked the Escalante rt to New Hance while the others rafted. We didn't know what Papago would be like and I decided to play it safe. When I got there it didn't look bad - oh well, more exercise for me.
The hike out New Hance felt brutal for all of us. I kept thinking, "I thought I was in shape??" We slowly did it with a few breaks mixed in.
Definitely a memorable summit. |
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