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MY T PIMP · Joined: 10 Dec 2004 Posts: 473 Location: Layton, Ut

Anybody heard of Wheatgrass Canyon on Monte Cristo? It starts at Lightning Ridge and go's to Causey Resevoir. If your willing to work for it, you can bag a pretty be elk or deer, in this canyon, but be warned it's not nick named "Ass Kicker" for nothing. As far as liking it, it has great heritage for my family, we've hunted it for more than 60 years. :nod:

Reedus · Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Posts: 507

Light sweet crude you say? Did Spry a year or so ago and the water in the last few rappels was almost enough to make you dry heave. Shaggy will testify.

Scott Card · Joined: 07 Dec 2005 Posts: 1606 Location: Provo, Utah

I try to look away.... but I can't....... must work. :popcorn: (And I think I like Heaps or Imlay or Kolob the best or maybe something else.... what were we talking about?)

tanya · Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 5849 Location: Las Vegas

Scott Card wrote: I try to look away.... but I can't....... must work. :popcorn: (And I think I like Heaps or Imlay or Kolob the best or maybe something else.... what were we talking about?)

I hear those 3 mentioned a lot. Are they because they are the prettiest or because they are the toughest 3 in Zion?

Scott Card · Joined: 07 Dec 2005 Posts: 1606 Location: Provo, Utah

tanya wrote: Scott Card wrote: I try to look away.... but I can't....... must work. :popcorn: (And I think I like Heaps or Imlay or Kolob the best or maybe something else.... what were we talking about?)

I hear those 3 mentioned a lot. Are they because they are the prettiest or because they are the toughest 3 in Zion?

Since I am responding, this makes exactly two posts in a row that are back on the original and same topic for that matter. :haha: As to your question, yes and yes. Prettiest and most challenging/fun. I love being dialed in the canyoneering zone. Truly the only time when my brain is completely NOT thinking about what I do every other day is when I am in a canyon. It sounds paradoxical, but to canyoneer in Kolob, Heaps and Imlay require me to completely relax mentally and physically and the beauty is spectacular. Pure relaxation (and I am completely pooped at the end of it all :lol8: ) Yes I have to completely focus on the canyons but that is pure mental relaxation. Nothing like the last sequence of raps out of Heaps to completely clear the noggin of everything else but the last sequence of raps. :haha: Not sure any of that made sense so it fits with this thread.

tanya · Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 5849 Location: Las Vegas

Scott Card wrote: I try to look away.... but I can't....... must work. :popcorn

As to your question, yes and yes. Prettiest and most challenging/fun. I love being dialed in the canyoneering zone. Truly the only time when my brain is completely NOT thinking about what I do every other day is when I am in a canyon. It sounds paradoxical, but to canyoneer in Kolob, Heaps and Imlay require me to completely relax mentally and physically and the beauty is spectacular. Pure relaxation (and I am completely pooped at the end of it all :lol8: ) Yes I have to completely focus on the canyons but that is pure mental relaxation. Nothing like the last sequence of raps out of Heaps to completely clear the noggin of everything else but the last sequence of raps. :haha: Not sure any of that made sense so it fits with this thread.

No! Don't work! Come in here and play :twisted: :haha:

I loved Kolob for the beauty, Bo made it easy for me as usual -- all but the waterfalls on my head! (and the kitty in there) -- but have not done Imlay and Heaps yet. --- the beauty to me often comes out in the pictures --- so sometimes the easiest is the best because I have more photo time... which would be much more difficult to come by in the other 2 canyons from what I have heard. ... but sometimes --- not often! -- I like to put the camera down and just play. I almost did that when I went to North Wash with Shane and Alex but their nudging got me to take it and I am glad I did! They were so much fun to photograph!

Bo_Beck · Joined: 02 Dec 2005 Posts: 910 Location: Southern Utah

tanya wrote: Scott Card wrote: I try to look away.... but I can't....... must work. :popcorn: (And I think I like Heaps or Imlay or Kolob the best or maybe something else.... what were we talking about?)

I hear those 3 mentioned a lot. Are they because they are the prettiest or because they are the toughest 3 in Zion?

I think we were talking about getting my TR's online instead of....errrr oops...yeah, I like those too! :haha:

tanya · Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 5849 Location: Las Vegas

intellectualdesperado wrote: Heaps. With ice box as a close second. Ice box would. I think I like Ice box so much because we setup a zip line across the long nasty swim at the last rappel. Which by the way was a bout 2wks from light sweet crude.

I REALLY like Icebox and totally agree with you about that swim... ohhhh that was cold, but at least we did it in the summer so it was quick and we warmed up quick. It's sort of cool to exit by the Kolob Arch too. That entry was a killler... talk about bushwhacking!

tanya · Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 5849 Location: Las Vegas

CarpeyBiggs wrote: How does every thread always deteriorate from canyons to male or female genitalia in a matter of a couple posts? Can't we stay on track just some of the time?

Ok, my favorite canyon? Hmm...

Gotta say Chop, Frosted Flakes, and Imlay are all up there.

What is Frosted Flakes?

Iceaxe · Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Posts: 7948 Location: Local Bordello

tanya wrote: What is Frosted Flakes?

Frosted Flakes is an AKA for a canyon in Escalante called Sleepy Hollow.

Steve Allen called it Big Tony in one of his books.... so Tom called it Frosted Flakes as in "There GGGrrrreeettt!"..... get it?

It's all part of the hide the canyon and confuse the n00b's game. :roll:

I've been told the canyon will be in MK's next book....

:cool2:

Sombeech · Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 13004 Location: The Rubbish Bin

hhheeeeyyyyyyy..... This belongs in the Canyoneering section.

I thought I saw it in there before, maybe it got moved by accident.

tanya · Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 5849 Location: Las Vegas

Reedus wrote: Haven't done it yet, but I am pretty sure that Choprock is going to be my favorite when I knock it out this year. I've done Imlay, and that was good, but we blasted through it so fast that I didn't really have time to enjoy it.

Choprock seems to be a favorite... maybe 50/50 with Heaps? I am assuming its one of the harder canyons too?

stefan · Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Posts: 4672 Location: somewhere

Iceaxe wrote: tanya wrote: What is Frosted Flakes?

Frosted Flakes is an ...

whatever would you do without the nice folks on the internet to tell you these things?

thinking about ever getting into this slot?

Iceaxe · Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Posts: 7948 Location: Local Bordello

stefan wrote: thinking about ever getting into this slot?

Maybe one day..... :ne_nau:

Escalante doesn't work real well with my schedule/drive/location/partners/other hobbies/yada/yada, which is the main reason my website is a little thin on that area.

But hey.... you never know. I just need to figure out a way to keep my job from interfering with my play.

:blahblah:

tanya · Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 5849 Location: Las Vegas

Iceaxe wrote: stefan wrote: thinking about ever getting into this slot?

Maybe one day..... :ne_nau:

Escalante doesn't work real well with my schedule/drive/location/partners/other hobbies/yada/yada, which is the main reason my website is a little thin on that area.

But hey.... you never know. I just need to figure out a way to keep my job from interfering with my play.

:blahblah:

I like Escalante :haha: