Ram in Zion? Mon Dieu! Well, we had a project to do, so Ram assembled a top team, we got up really early and... and... and... and the weather did not cooperate. Five in the morning - Nat is uncertain, Matt is still asleep, and Ram is wolfing down Triscuits. At Potato Hollow.

Nice looking skies, at sunrise, out there past campsite 4.

Mmmm. A little too threatening for the BIG PROJECT. How about the classic consolation prize, Telephone Canyon?

Well, gentlemen? Happy with this decision? (Not really, but what ya gonna do?)

Mules Ears (Wyethia arizonica) Asteraceae (Sunflower Family)

Ram (Stevus canyoneerii) Ramraseae (Ramras Family)

So we walked over to the top of Telephone, took another cautious look at the sky, and packed up for dropping Telephone.

We rapped in, off some burned stump which, surprisingly, I do not have a picture of. As I had not been through the canyon in quite a while, I was interested in what the (bolted) anchor situation was, so I took pictures of many of the anchors in the canyon. Telephone Canyon was first descended, as far as we know, by Brian Cabe and myself in July 2000; and we bolted a couple of the drops. Since then, quite a few more bolts have shown up. Here is the first bolted anchor IN the canyon. You can see (A) original single bolt put in by Brian and me, July 2000; (B) Petzl Long-life bolt (suitable for limestone and other very-hard rocks, not suitable for sandstone); and (C) empty hole from a Petzl Long-life bolt that pulled out.