Hidden Canyon - A Day of Downclimbing Feb 9, 2003 - Page 3

A sling here and there.

Slings here and there show that the canyon is fairly well-trodden. Signs of passage show up surprisingly high in the canyon. Climbing-logs placed at many of the drops show that someone has been working on the route up the canyon, rumored to be roughly 5.9, but looking like it would have some runout leads on friable rock.

See, Hank can smile. Well, grimace at least.

More downclimbing. Found a nice arch while scouting for a way around a short drop. The simul-rappel did not look so good - one edge of the arch was quite sharp.

Hank - Walking the Plank!

Working our way down, we found lots of interesting terrain. Jumbles of boulders mixed with narrow slots lead to a bunch of downclimbing, and a couple short rappels. Ram says he's done it with only 2 raps, and that seems excessively bold. Given the season, Hank and I take a more conservative tack...

Much of the canyon looks much like this.