South Arete, South Early Winter Spire, Ram's North Cascades Adventure Camp

He keeps saying its the best trip of the year, and in 2008, with help from Bucky, I joined Ram for a few days of Cascade madness. Wow was it good.

Mountaineering, North Cascades, Steve RamrasRamJuly 3, 2009cascade, north cascades, mountaineering, mountains, cascades, ram, steve ramras

Pine Creek Canyon and Wildflowers, Zion National Park, UT

Randi was in Zion with a couple of Californiac friends, and invited me for some fun. I had a class in Yankee Doodle on Saturday, but joined Randi, Kelley from San Fran, and Jay from Death Valley for quick visits to Keyhole Canyon and Pine Creek Canyon

Canyoneering, Pine Creek, Tom Jones, Trip Report, Wildflowers, ZionTom JonesMay 31, 2009Cathedral Rappel, Pine Creek Canyon, Randi Poer, zion, canyoneering, zion canyoneering, pine creek, Pine Creek

Lower Echo Canyon, Zion National Park, UT

(Middle) Echo Canyon is famous for holding snow in the "spring", which in Zion, can mean until July 1st, or even later. We had heard few reports for how the snow was this year, so Dave Buckingham and I (after cancelling a trip to North Wash due to the heat) decided to check out Middle Echo…

Canyoneering, Exploration, Tom Jones, Trip Report, Zion, Zion Adventure CompanyTom JonesMay 15, 2009ascending ropes, jugging ropes, Lower Echo Canyon, Middle Echo Canyon, echo canyon, zion national park, zion, zion canyoneering, canyoneering, exploration, Zion

Black and White Canyon Photography

What does one do while convalescing? Unable to play in the canyons, resisting the urge to buy a *BIG* TV, in between the tedium and drudgery of physical therapy sessions...

Canyoneering, Guest, Photography, Tom WetherellTom WetherellFebruary 27, 2009black and white, canyons, photographs, photography, canyon photography, desert photography

Waterholes Canyon, Arizona Strip

We were hoping and planning on re-engineering the BIG DROP to avoid the infamous Rope-Eating Crack, and to set it up so others could too.

President Harding Rapid Stories, Grand Canyon

We had made our way down a canyon, then down the river a ways, the day before. Today's plan was to boat a couple of miles downriver to President Harding Rapid, then climb out of the Big Ditch at Eminence Break.

Canyoneering, Tom Jones, Trip Report, Grand CanyonTom JonesFebruary 19, 2009Aaron Locander, President Harding Rapids, Sevylor raft, Sonny Lawrence, Steve Ramras, grand canyon, canyoneering in the grand canyon, rafting and canyoneering, rafting, eminence break, canyoneering, hiking

Ditch Fest: Grand Canyoneering in Marble Canyon

The Young Turks of Arizona invited Ram out to explore a few canyons around the north end of the Grand Canyon (the Marble Canyon area). This became 'Ditch Fest' and I somehow wrangled an invite for me.

Canyoneering, Exploration, Grand Canyon, Tom Jones, Tom's First Visit, Trip ReportTom JonesFebruary 6, 2009Aaron Locander, canyoneering in the grand canyon, grand canyon national park, politics, Rich Rudow, Steve Ramras, Todd Martin

Historic Zion National Park Maps from 1929 and 1941

I recently picked up a couple of NPS brochures printed for the 1929 and 1941 seasons, respectively.

History, Tom Jones, ZionTom JonesNovember 30, 2008historic Zion maps, zion, zion national park, map, maps, history, historic

Hog Canyons, North Wash

Looking for a canyon that would be dry, we thought - HEY! How about Hog 2! COULD be the driest canyon around, maybe maybe not. We decided to do the Ridge of Many Huge Holes Ramble to get up there, which would save us a car spot.

Hiking, Tom Jones, Trip Report, North Wash, Alicia ScotterTom JonesNovember 30, 2008north wash, hog canyon, hikes, hiking, wildflowers

Tik Tok Bridge Canyon, North Wash, UT

A great time to be in the wild, but with the wetness and all, not a great time to do canyons. What else was around? How about Ryan's ramble out to the Yellow Brick Road and Tik Tok Bridge?

Canyoneering, Hiking, North Wash, Tom Jones, Tom's First Visit, Trip ReportTom JonesNovember 29, 2008Alicia Scotter, Hank Moon, Tik Tok Bridge, north wash, north wash canyoneering, canyoneering, tik tok bridge, land of oz

Hogwarts Canyon, North Wash, UT

Back to North Wash for another weekend. Thanksgiving brought a whole bunch of rain, but it cleared off quickly. Friday, I rendezvoused with hank and alicia around noon.

Canyoneering, North Wash, Tom Jones, Tom's First Visit, Trip ReportTom JonesNovember 28, 2008Alicia Scotter, Hank Moon, Hogwarts Canyon, north wash, canyoneering

Observation Point Canyon, Zion National Park, UT

Dear Ramoo - Finally got to that project we had glanced at, so long ago. Observation Point Canyon - dropping from near O Point into the Weeping Rock Cirque.

Canyoneering, Exploration, Tom Jones, Tom's First Visit, Trip Report, Zion, Zion Adventure CompanyTom JonesNovember 24, 2008Observation Point Canyon, Sarah Stratton, observation point, zion, zion canyoneering, canyoneering

Morocco Canyon, North Wash, UT

Looking through Wyoming Dave's recent finds, we chose Morocco as the best venture. A quick trip to Hog Springs (for the usual) and we parked at the 'trench' of Casablanca Canyon and followed Dave's directions up the cliff - and around to the head of the canyon.

Anchors, Canyoneering, North Wash, Tom Jones, Tom's First Visit, Trip ReportTom JonesNovember 17, 2008Dave Buckingham, Morocco Canyon, canyoneering, north wash, north wash canyoneering, anchors, anchor rigging, anchor maintenance, natural anchors

Mind Bender Canyon, Anchor Maintenance, Robbers Roost, UT

My first visit to Mind Bender, in March 2004, was rather disappointing. A nice social canyon, but it really had none of the meat SA described - kinda a dud, actually.

Anchors, Canyoneering, Robbers Roost, Tom Jones, Trip ReportTom JonesNovember 17, 2008bolt removal, Dave Buckingham, Mind Bender Canyon, north wash, canyoneering, bolts, bolting, bolted anchors, ghosting, deadman anchors, robbers roost, Mindbender Fork

Main Fork of Leprechaun Canyon, North Wash

Love these beautiful fall mornings - especially since "early" means 9 a.m. Destinations for the day were West Leprechaun Canyon for the Arhart clan, and the Main Fork of Leprechaun Canyon for Dave and me.

Canyoneering, North Wash, Tom Jones, Trip ReportTom JonesNovember 16, 2008Dave Buckingham, Leprechaun Canyon, Main Fork Leprechaun, Roger Arhart, north wash, north wash canyoneering, canyoneering, North Wash

Constrychnine & Slideanide Canyons, North Wash, UT

Sunshine, canyons, fun people. Jane, Roger and Deb were down for a weekend of slot-thrashing, and had invited their friends Jane and Steve for their first Sandthrax weekend.

Anchors, Canyoneering, North Wash, Tom Jones, Trip ReportTom JonesNovember 15, 2008Constrychnine Canyon, Dave Buckingham, Jane Arhart, Roger Arhart, rope grooves, Slideanide Canyon, North wash, north wash canyoneering, north wash

Foolin' Around, North Wash Canyoneering

We soon arrive at the head of the canyon, and then figure out a reasonable way in
(as shown - follow left shoulder then downclimb to bench level, then walk bench to place to easily descend slope into canyon bottom).

Canyoneering, North Wash, Tom Jones, Trip ReportTom JonesNovember 1, 2008Foolin Around, Foolin' Around Canyon, Wild Horse Window, canyoneering, north wash, north wash canyoneering

Egypt 4, Escalante, UT

I think it is a little over two years since the three of us met for part of a wonderful trip down to Escalante. If I recall, part of the purpose was for Todd to try out his legs and head on harder canyons, in a safe (sorta) incremental way.

Canyoneering, Escalante, Steve Ramras, Trip Report, X-RatedRamOctober 19, 2008Dave Pimental, Egypt 4, Rick Green, Todd Martin, Wyoming Dave, escalante, Escalante canyoneering, canyoneering, x canyon, r canyon

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