14/09-14/10/2013 - photos
Participants: Tom Brennan, Rachel Grindlay
White Canyon
... red sky at morning, shepherd's warning
Jacobs Chair at dawn
White Canyon at dawn
The Black Hole of White Canyon
Rachel setting off across the tops
Rachel early on in the canyon as the walls close in
Rubbly section
We suit up and start to wade
Trying to work out how to get down the first drop
Brrr! One of the first swims in the canyon
Rachel swimming in the middle section of the canyon, the Black Hole
Preparing for another swim
Canyon formation
An interesting section of twisting narrows
In the canyon
Another cold swim
Water levels obviously get a bit higher
Tom and Rachel
After much swimming in the middle section, the lower section is mostly dry with the occasional pool
Rachel
In another corridor
Beautiful sculpted walls...
...and floor
The swimming's not quite over yet!
Getting near the end
The climb out of White Canyon
Mule Point
Monument Valley and the San Juan River
San Juan River from Mule Point
Goosenecks State Park
I went a bit camera-crazy at Goosenecks State Park - the layers of rock and the curves and patterns were so funky!
Goosenecks
Gooseneck
Banded rocks
Banded rocks
Goosenecks
Rachel at Goosenecks
Seeing double?!
More symmetry