A Break in the Weather - Chopslot, June 10, 2005
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Aaron Ramras crossing the river, 5:45 AM. The river was up, so Ram and Hank had rigged a rope the night before. Now, early in the morning, most stripped naked to hand traverse the rope across the river, body hanging downstream in the current. It was cold. Better than coffee.
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Climbing up the slab escapes the gorge of the Escalante River, allowing us to traipse across the topland to the start of our canyon adventure, the South Fork of Choprock, aka Chopslot or Moe Slot.
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Up on top, we face into the rising sun. Now that I hang with Ram, I have seen more sunrises than in my prior 40 years in the outdoors. Companions on this trip are Roger Arhart, Aaron and Steve Ramras, Hank Moon and Katie Couric (background).
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| Slickrock paradise up near the start of the canyon.
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In the Riparian section. After walking the slickrock down into the canyon, we wander downstream a few minutes to where it slots up. We suit up. A quick downclimb, a couple swims and a rappel, and we are in one darn beautiful spot, the Riparian Ballroom, and the beginning or a remarkable riparian section unique in my CP canyon experience.
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