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Challenging rappel in slot
W Erica sierra Anthony
It was alright. Lisa freaked out in the rappel as I stood helplessly hundreds of feet above.
First off, the rappel down the bottom just wasn't fun. I would never do it that way again. If another friend really wanted to try it I would definitely go looking for the anchor described in another comment b/c it looks like it might be really nice to do the rappel that way. For the hike out, it certainly wasn't well defined. We're pretty sure the intended way is, about 20' after turning right into the second wash, scramble up the crumbly sand but at the top of that is just a field of untouched crypto. We ended up just using someone else's footprints a bit farther up the canyon until we got to the intended trail but I think the bottom of the intended trail must have washed away at some point.
Went with Kaden and Flo. Used a sage brush anchor backed up by a rock horn. 2nd half of rappel is a lot of work trying to stay out of the crack. Not sure I'd do this one again. There is another nearby fork that looks to have some short narrows.
Very quick canyon. Can be rappelled for the first 70 ft or so then down climbed the rest of the way if you don't mind the height and penalty point associated with them. Really the rappel/downclimb is the only thing to this canyon as soon as you land the technical part is over. Good warm up, would not really bring newbies here. but if in the area and want a quick adventure... Note, use the juniper tree above Road Trip Ryan's suggestion of a solution pocket as the anchor. It is more solid than the hueco.
Anchored off the little tree, with an added deadman. Scraaaaaped my way down the entire thing, someday I'll get this stemming thing down!
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