ADAM HAYDOCK: rodcle

BOUNDARY & MONTGOMERY PEAKS 13,146ft ., NEVADA

Adam Haydock June 08, 2020

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SCOTTY'S HOLLOW CANYON. GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, ARIZONA

Adam Haydock September 26, 2019

After whispering falls, we had to strike camp and make it as far up kanab creek and into Scottys hollow before nightfall.

The Hike out Kanab Creek took a bit longer than I anticipated as we made a few stops here and there.

We also passed by Kanab 1 and 2 canyons which appeared to be interesting tributaries into Kanab Creek

The towering walls were pretty typical of the grand canyon canyons that I have encountered but it was so nice to hike through Kanab Creek without any other people but ourselves.

The elevation started to decrease a bit as we meandered around more bends in Kanab to eventually reach the confluence of Scottys hollow and kanab creek.

We made it to this point at a time in the day where the decision was made to stay at the confluence of scotttys and kanab so we could have places to sleep and flowing water to drink.

5 dice was played and the last of the whiskey disappeared as nightfall came upon us.

Some clouds formed as we noticed the stars fading and coming back into the night as time progressed on.

We got a 0430 AM start so we could get to the rim at a decent hour.

We ended up leaving the campsite at 6 AM and started our way up Scottys hollow.

The water had an interesting amberish tint and it also appeared to get warmer and warmer along the way.

Continuing our hike up, we encountered a few swimmers with climbing that included pack hoisting and climbing around awkward holds.

There were some interesting challenges climbing up and made the progress a bit slow going in sections.

The water got warmer and warmer and I realized that this is a warm spring flowing out of scottys hollow!

Once we climbed over the last water fall the canyon was bone dry and we made it to the north and south fork confluence.

Now we had more climbing over some interesting climbs that we had to negotiate until we got to the supai layer. At this point we had a few workarounds in the supai that brought us to the last pool of water.

This water had all kinds of life forms living in it but we were drinking our water supply away and brought some water up with us so we could have it if we needed it.

Once we got to the esplanade we had our final approach within site and it was a slog to get up the steep slope to the rim. It kept getting steeper and steeper and as we headed up we had to work around a sketchy trail ( very sketchy) and pick our way up to the top of the rim.

What an incredible trip this was. We had a shuttle car parked at the rim of scottys hollow. Going from Kanab point to kanab 0 down up and around to whispering falls, down the falls, up to scottys hollow in kanab, up scottys, and up to the rim of the grand canyon made this trip one epic grand canyoneering experience.