The canyon was rather direct. No screwing around here. We were dropping in and heading through rappel after rappel almost immediately. The water was rather low, but there was still enough water at the Cathedral to swim just a bit. We did the canyon quickly, because we had to and we were able to. We still had to be cautious as many of the rappels were sandy from lack of measurable precipation in the last couple of days. The last rappel was the sweetest. It is a 100 foot mostly free rappel. I struggled with it because we were using Brian's sixty meter dynamic rope. It went incredibly slowly. There was a huge urge to take my right hand off the rope because it went so slow, but thankfully I did not. We finished with an hour hike out and made it before dark. Very nice to enjoy one of the longest days of the year getting paid in doing a canyon. I just had to figure out a way to do both of those at the same time.
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Pine Creek
Brian was eager to do more canyons and our buddy Austin was up, so we figured that Pine Creek may be a good option since we all had to work. I was working at the tunnel and finishing work there, so it worked out perfectly to just do Pine Creek. Brian, Austin, and Amelia showed up a little after five and we got ourselves going by 5:30. 
The canyon was rather direct. No screwing around here. We were dropping in and heading through rappel after rappel almost immediately. The water was rather low, but there was still enough water at the Cathedral to swim just a bit. We did the canyon quickly, because we had to and we were able to. We still had to be cautious as many of the rappels were sandy from lack of measurable precipation in the last couple of days. The last rappel was the sweetest. It is a 100 foot mostly free rappel. I struggled with it because we were using Brian's sixty meter dynamic rope. It went incredibly slowly. There was a huge urge to take my right hand off the rope because it went so slow, but thankfully I did not. We finished with an hour hike out and made it before dark. Very nice to enjoy one of the longest days of the year getting paid in doing a canyon. I just had to figure out a way to do both of those at the same time.
The canyon was rather direct. No screwing around here. We were dropping in and heading through rappel after rappel almost immediately. The water was rather low, but there was still enough water at the Cathedral to swim just a bit. We did the canyon quickly, because we had to and we were able to. We still had to be cautious as many of the rappels were sandy from lack of measurable precipation in the last couple of days. The last rappel was the sweetest. It is a 100 foot mostly free rappel. I struggled with it because we were using Brian's sixty meter dynamic rope. It went incredibly slowly. There was a huge urge to take my right hand off the rope because it went so slow, but thankfully I did not. We finished with an hour hike out and made it before dark. Very nice to enjoy one of the longest days of the year getting paid in doing a canyon. I just had to figure out a way to do both of those at the same time.
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