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Trip Report: Grotto Pool Canyon (page 1)

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Participants: Brett , Aaron, Tom, Todd & Stephanie
 
The recently formed motley Sonoran ACA crew of nerdy engineering types get together for another canyoneering Extravapolooza! The canyon is billed as a lot 'o' work, for a little bit 'o' canyon. Let's go! ... but first let's work out the formula used by a gps to perform terrain mapping - yay!
 
We head through the scrub & climb. Todd was the only one who had done this canyon and with an uncanny knack for remembering details, reports to the party that the path levels out just up ahead - and about hour and a half later, so it does. For some reason this fails to impress.
(Photo: Aaron Locander)
 
We pass by a side canyon. A potential exploration for another day?.............. Damn straight.
(Photo: Aaron Locander)
 
Several hours, some trudging and route finding, we find the canyon and splash our way down stream.
(Photo: Aaron Locander)
 
We rock hop, swim, bush whack, for several hours with no end in sight. The party begins questioning whether said canyon even exists. A seething undercurrent of unrest grips the party, a mutiny is brewing. The leader grips his hiking stick with steely resolve, preparing to beat back the unruly mob. When .............
Rap #1 and Tom opts for the direct route.
(Photo: Aaron Locander)
 
Brett displays uncommonly good sense & chooses a somewhat less moist rappel.
(Photo: Aaron Locander)
 
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