"A Cross Between a Zebra and Lion"

We hiked up a canyon and rapped our way down,

stemmed through cold water and jeeped back to town.

With four- wheeled machines the desert got ripped

until F= MA made blood from Barbs head drip.

Upstream and downstream narrow canyons got waded

and patrons of Whiptail disappointed and jaded.

Busses were ridden, also a horse Barb called George

as others climbed up high to gaze down the great gorge.

Cactus juice cocktails sipped deer-side by dark

Barbo and Ribo, Carbo and Libo, did Zion the park.

by Carbo

I am SO ExCiTeD!!

I'm just sayin'......

Techniques & Gear For Canyoneering

 

This has  a lot of info on how to plan a trip, what to bring and techniques to use. This website has more detailed and specific gear lists.

Here’s information on techniques And a whole bunch of links here.

Water Canyon

Water Canyon is what ZRG told Lisa we’d do the first day. There’s a route description here. A lot of photos here. And a magazine story of it here.

If You Like To Play With Ropes & Anchors

Lots of ideas here on retrievable/releasable anchors.

Here’s a simple one:

A little more complicated:

Macrame:

 

Maybe the easiest:

(I think Carl and Aaron would love this stuff.)

Hidden Canyon

“A fine adventure in a wilderness setting.”

It starts and ends at Weeping Rock, shown below.

Mystery Canyon

For this canyon, wear your red shirt.

“Mystery Canyon ends with a spectacular 115-foot rappel into the Zion Narrows. You will be rappelling down a waterfall, which is very slippery with moss. If you are lucky, there will be a large crowd of tourists gathered to admire your canyoneering skills and videotape you for future generations.”