Opening Pandora's Box, April 2004, Page 2

A little downclimbing to get to the Squeeze.

It HAD been raining as of late, and we expected the canyon to be full. We were not to be disappointed. Here, Larry is swimming one of those nice pools.

The weather had been iffy for a few days, raining a bit on and off. We hiked up the Slopes with the understanding that we would evaluate the sky before dropping in. There were storm clouds around, but they were a ways off, so in we went. But the weather was gloomy and the lighting subdued. Here's the first Squeeze Natural Bridge. The Squeeze is a great canyon. We had water up high, and then the canyon dried out. The two keeper potholes were empty of water, but the BIG keeper was largely full of sand. EZ. Since we were cold, I apparantly did not take very many pictures.

The big double rap. There was sun at the bottom when arrived at the top, but by the time I got down there, the sun was gone and it had started to sprinkle. Uh oh. Everyone got real business-like about getting down the canyon.

Larry and I sent the slab and went around this little section of small potholes, but Steve, Steve and Judy went on through.

Happy to be alive. We did not, at this point, realize that the crux of the day would be driving up the dugway in the Chinle Shale in the rain. Did I mention the rain?