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Trip report, Not not not not Mind Bender



Location: Mind Bender – Robber’s Roost

Date: October 8, 2005

Group: Sam, Masiel, Newby, Price, Devan, Summers

Equipment: 100’ rope, 200’ rope, 60’ rope harnesses, descenders, carabineers, slings, tech. gear.

Time: Started hiking at 10:30 a.m. Reached car at about 4:00 p.m.

Notes:

How did a canyon get such a stupid name like “not not mindbender? Well, pretty much it was poor planning and coordination on our part. We had planned to do Not Mind Bender. Sam, Masiel, Newby and Devan headed down on Friday night with mostly firewood. Summers and I were coming about 2 hours behind with the pickup full of gear. Well, Summers and I thought “trailhead,” but the other guys thought “Granny Flats.” (I know, it’s a joke, no need to correct me.) So, Summers and I drove around the BLM lands looking for our friends. About 1:30 AM, We gave up and bedded down at the trailhead for Not Mind Bender. It sure was nice having extra pads, sleeping bags, etc.

In the morning, we cleaned up and headed out to Highway 24. We didn’t know what else to do. After sitting by the road for a few minutes, there came Sam. It was too late to get started on Not Mind Bender, and Sam was low on petrol, so we piled into the pickup and decided to do Mind Bender, finally getting started about 10:30.

Sam and Masiel had been without gear all night, so they didn’t sleep much. Everyone was feeling a little glum. The canyon being less than spectacular didn’t really help that out. It had its good parts, and the enormous rappel at the end of the slots is really cool. I would have to say that it would have been more fun if we hadn’t bungled it all up with poor planning and coordination.

For those who are going to do this canyon, a pair of 2-way radios would be very beneficial on the big rappel. The exit hike didn’t seem too bad, but the sun was covered, and I think we were all a little energized from the big rappel. Don’t underestimate it though, it’s very steep and strenuous.

A big thanks goes to Summers for running down the road from the top of the exit and getting the truck. HIGH FIVE, SUMMERS!!!

Here are some of the pictures.

That's sunset plus a little photoshop.


Sam and Newbie


Summers and Devan. We DID it . . . TOGETHER!!


Masiel on the last rappel


We made our own "dead man's" anchor by burying a dead man in the sand in this pot hole. This is for a 155' rappel, so we made sure he was burried very well.


Newbie on the last Rappel


Nice portrait of me and Summers, 'cause we're so hard. :hail2thechief:


Someone placed a bolt in a completely retarded spot right behind a nice tree/bush that could be used even more safely for an anchor.

Well, that's it boys. Am I the only one dooing canyons these days, or am I the only one dumb enough to write up TR's? Enjoy.

Price

[rockgremlin]

That's interesting about that bolt. I don't think it was there when we did Mindbender back in March of this year. It looks pretty new. I liked Mindbender, though I will have to admit that the final rap is definitely it's most redeeming feature. Summers is the man! When we finished MB we all agreed that tacking on another 2 mile stretch of dirt road on top of the hike would really suck!!

This is really nice!


That's totally cool that you got Moby to tag along with you! :2thumbs:


I enjoy your TRs. Keep em comin'!! BTW, I'll be adding to the list when we revisit the infamous "Seger's Hole" here in the next few weeks. I'm lookin forward to it!!!

[Sombeech]

Yeah, keep them TR's coming. I'm stuck in school, and about 4 other weekly commitments besides work, or I'd love to be going other trips like these.

Your trip reports make us realize there's something else out there to do. :hail2thechief: