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Lower Echo, Descending and Ascending, Zion National Park, UT
Lower Echo, Descending and Ascending, Zion National Park, UT

Darn hot down here, it is, limiting choices to a few. But Lower Echo (Echo below the trail) is one that is deep and dark, with some water to cool off in. A short approach hike means, not so bad. But the penalty gets paid at the end - since the final rap out of the canyon is closed, one must fix ropes to exit the canyon. A while ago, I put in an anchor to improve the usability of the fixed rope...

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Canyoneering, Echo Canyon, Trip Report, Zion, Foreign Visitors, Lower Echo CanyonTom Joneslower echo, echo canyon, Lower Echo Canyon, zion canyoneering, canyoneering, zion, zion national park
Heaps Canyon with the Direct Exit, Zion National Park, UT
Heaps Canyon with the Direct Exit, Zion National Park, UT

Canyoneering with a crack team is a great pleasure. Two guides from France, Guillaume Coquin and Francois, plus Locomotive Lynn and Cassy Brown from ZAC (and me) make one darn fine team. A test run in Mystery the day before was a bit later, hotter and longer than I prefer before a Heaps, but we did hook up with visiting Australian photographer Mark Watson, who generously offered to hike the 600 foot rope to the Emerald Pools for us...

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Canyoneering, Foreign Visitors, Heaps Canyon, Trip Report, Zion, Zion Adventure Company, Big rappelTom Jonesheaps, Heaps Canyon, zion, zion canyoneering, canyoneering