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| Participants: Aaron, Tom, Todd & Steph
with special guest appearance by Eric & Neil |
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Among other meanings, the dictionary defines 'Zion' as
a synonym for heaven. Zion National Park, on the other hand, is sort
of heavenly to those that have a passion for canyons. The intrepid
group for this series of excursions is a bit unsure of their standing
regarding entry to the foremost destination, but is fairly confident
they can meet the criteria for the latter (which amounts to $20 cash).
Unfortunately this will require an extensive search between the seat cushions
for the change I seem to remember dropping from my pocket last month,
we stall by opting for another destination prior to arriving at the
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We meet up with our guide for the trip who leads us
down the brushy road, through the brushy field, over the brushy hill,
past the brushy ridge, down the brushy wash and into the canyon, which
is fortunately, no ..... make that mercifully, brush-free. We rappel
the first drop, hmmm ..... that brush along the edge of the rappel
wasn't there a second ago. Did you see that?! I swear it moved when my
head was turned, is it getting closer?!! Something's rustling ..... My
God !! ........ it's, .... it's ..... ALIVE !!! |
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Psychotic breaks aside, there was a lot of brush. |
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| One short walk, two down climbs and
three Lithium Extra Strength caplets brings us to a little slot.
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Ooohh, the colors, ..... or is that the medication,
..... no, ..... no ..... it's the canyon. S w w we e e e e e t. |
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| Sandstone viewed under direct sunlight
is usually grey, tan or reddish. Sandstone viewed under reflected
light, on the other hand can take on a rainbow of hues. After a while
a lot of these canyons start to all look the same. For me, the
changing light keeps things interesting. That and the millions and
millions of dollars worth of gold I find in the canyons. |
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You can see some of the effect that light can have
starting with the last photo. Going down the page you have yellow >
red > blue as the dominant colors. |
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The canyon isn't really blue, it's just the way some
cameras interpret low light conditions. |
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These wavy slots are nice. I wish the walls of my house
were made that way instead of straight up and down. |
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This is the final rappel in the canyon and features an
interesting straw-like formation that you slide right through. As long
as I'm mentally renovating the house, I'd love to have one of these in
the back yard. It would be great to wake up and slide down it before
going to work, just to sort of start off the day. I think it would be
better than having a back yard pool, and it wouldn't be as much work, you'd
maybe just have to give it a good dusting once in a while. |
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The exit hike is just as long as the entry and we wind
up back at the car 14 hours after we started. The canyon is a good
one, but I don't plan on doing it again any time soon. So we scrounge
up the dough and move onto Zion National Park. |
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