14/09-14/10/2013 - photos
Participants: Tom Brennan, Rachel Grindlay
Fat Man's Misery
The ridge on the back of Checkerboard Mesa
Slickrock walking. It looks easy angled, but is actually very steep in places. Luckily it is also very grippy and you can walk down some unlikely slopes
Rachel downclimbing a dodgy log
Rachel trying to avoid a dunking. We had opted to not take wetsuits so were trying hard to avoid swims
Rachel going for the high bridge - unsuccessfully as it turned out since it flares out just around the corner!
Canyon formation
Rachel on a short drop off a very long and somewhat awkward anchor
The end of the upper section - at the junction with the East Fork of Misery Canyon
Peek-a-boo!
Rachel on a short abseil with no anchor (well there was a dodgy single bolt on the wall, but it was going to require swinging on to it!). I had the rope jammed under a boulder some distance back and was backing it up off me. The climb down was a bit more dodgy than I anticipated leading to a couple of nervous moments
Rachel in the canyon
Rachel in the canyon
Rachel climbing down into the pool with the arches
Twin arches
Canyon formation
Rachel in the sulphur springs
The Barracks section of Parunuweap Canyon (East Fork of the Virgin River)
Rachel wading The Barracks
The Barracks
John Wesley Powell memorial plaque
Steep climb out of the river
East Fork scenery
Spectacular ridge on the back of Checkerboard Mesa
On the way out - the top of Checkerboard Pass
Our camp for the past two weeks at Watchman Campground