Pioneer Day in Escalante - July 22-25, 2005
Head south again? Sure, why not. Escalante in the middle of July - uh, well....
Many people think because I am a "desert rat", that I do well in the heat. Not true! I loathe the heat, that's why I hide in the canyons, and avoid canyoneering in July and August, when possible. But Nat and "a climber friend" were up for some of the hard slots down the Hole in the Rock Road, and the opportunity could not be passed by. I rang up Ryan "always game" Cornia, and we hit the road. But first ---
Turns out, this was the weekend for BIFF (the Bicknell International Film Festival) hosted at the Wayne Theatre in scenic, downtown Bicknell (not on the outskirts...) and if we left Friday at a good time, we could catch the showing of...
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Beach Blanket Bingo - a surprisingly good movie. |
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Various awards and door prizes were handed out, with the help of our next Senator-for-Life Pete Ashdown (left) from X-Mission. Good times had by all. We thanked the timing and drove south to rendezvous with Nat and Jeff down in the Escalante. Thankfully, Ryan drives like a demon, so we made it there in good time. |
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| Dawn in the Esclante. Adventure awaits. |
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| We get an early start and charge off toward our first objective - the Topless Turtle. We have the first two, half-day and not too high-ball canyons scheduled for our first day. |
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| The Topless Turtle seems pretty easy, but it does have a couple interesting potholes at the end. For this pothole, we tossed a ropebag and rope out there for Nat to use for getting out. |
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| Nat pulling on the ropebag... |
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| Which doesn't REALLY work, so Jeff drops in and gives him a boost... |
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NEXT - Topless Turtle Part 2
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Topless Turtle 2 -|-
Frosted Flakes Canyon -|-
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