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Memories stored in the remote recesses of the brain can
be triggered by many things. The distinct sound of packs splashing
down into deep pools of water is what brings back the memory of past
Heaps trips.
We hit some nice dark narrows and some more dead logs. |
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I went down to the crossroads, tried
to flag a ride.
Nobody seemed to know me, everybody passed me by. |
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| The first day is over much too soon as
we reach the 'crossroads', an open area
that serves as the traditional campsite if doing Heaps as a 2 day
trip. This is our destination for the day and although it is fairly early we
stop for the day and set up camp, laze about and try to dry out our stuff. |
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Heaps, Day 2: The next day dawns sunny and clear as our
neoprene clad warriors continue their
progress of the day before, soon reaching this long, sandy, straight
away. Those guys look like trouble if you ask me. |
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| It isn't long before the canyon
plunges into a narrow, dark, twisty slot with moss coated walls. Not
to give away any secrets, but this is one of the best stretches of
canyon in all of canyondom. |
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Very slow shutter speeds are needed to get photos in
Heaps, which might be why there are so few pictures out there. |
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In case you were wondering, I like to pose the subjects
in my photos ('stop' and 'look this way' being my two favorite
commands). I do this for a couple reasons:
1) When the light is really low, you can't take a good photo with
people moving around.
2) Action oriented canyoneering shots usually fall into three
categories - blurry pictures, pictures of peoples backs, and people
that don't know you're photographing them and as a result they may have their mouth open or their eyes closed or
are doing
something really embarrassing like picking their nose or watching Dr. Phil on TV.
3) I'm not really into simulated action. I find those photos in
climbing magazines of the radical 'one handed, two fingered, feet
above the head, poised over a pit of poisonous viper' shots tiresome
and a little sad. They are just trying way too hard. |
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More nice canyon. |
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We reach a particularly scenic stretch and
the light is perfect. |
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