14/09-14/10/2013 - photos
Participants: Tom Brennan, Rachel Grindlay
Spry Canyon
The Streaked Wall and The Sentinel at sunrise
Rachel climbing the gully to the pass - looks easy, but the angles of the rock turn out to be somewhat tricky
The East Temple
Rachel at the first drop
Balance or swim?
Little downclimb
A short drop into a skanky pool
Rachel demonstrating that the rope is redundant
Fifth abseil, depending on how you're counting
If you need confirmation that Navajo Sandstone is soft...
Rachel in the chamber below
Seventh abseil
On the pretty eighth abseil
The ninth abseil, into a pool that could be bridged with some care
Tenth abseil
The end of the slot
Eleventh abseil, out of the slot
The final abseil out of the canyon proper
Rachel scrambling the boulder chute below the slot
The final abseil to avoid a scree scramble