ADAM HAYDOCK

PEEK-A-BOO RED CANYON, UTAH

September 27, 2017

Heather looking up at a keyed in tree stump in Peek-A-Boo Red Canyon, Utah

After our run in Not Imlay canyon the previous day, we headed out east to check out a nice non technical slot canyon in the desert near kanab.

Walking into Peek-A-Boo Red Canyon, Utah

Lyndsi Joined us as we headed out to the desert in perfect conditions and cool breezes

Peek-A-Boo Red Canyon, Utah

We headed out down the road which was a walk in the sand for a couple miles until we took a side road that led us closer to the wash and the entrance of peekaboo canyon.

Heather in Peek-A-Boo Red Canyon, Utah

Once we got to the head of the canyon, we were met by a few people that drove 4x4 jeeps to the head in the sand and they were just leaving, so we had the canyon to ourselves.

Andy in Peek-A-Boo Red Canyon, Utah

We went through the series of slots which had a fantastic color of red and bright orange coming through the top.

Justin, Andy, Heather, Tena, and James thinking about climbing in Peek-A-Boo Red Canyon, Utah

We snapped a few photos and worked our way up to a 20ft dry fall where we had to chimney up.

Andy Orr walking around in Peek-A-Boo Red Canyon, Utah

James climbed up this route and we made a hand line for everyone else to get up so we could work our way to the top with out any incident.

Andy in Peek-A-Boo Red Canyon, Utah

we continued up and out of the canyon which was a great walk through some beautiful southwest desert canyon.

Peek-A-Boo Red Canyon, Utah

We could not have asked for a better day as the breeze was cool and the sun was shining with a warming radiance.

Justin and Lyndsi in Peek-A-Boo Red Canyon, Utah

It is interesting to see all of the back country lands and the number of slot canyons that might be back there.

Justin and Lyndsi in Peek-A-Boo Red Canyon, Utah

This particular canyon is really hard to spot until you are in the drainage so I bet that there are plenty more out there in the desert.

Justin and Lyndsi in Peek-A-Boo Red Canyon, Utah

When we did enter the canyon, we did see the damage from a 4x4 truck that attempted to climb one of the side walls and left tire marks on the wall itself.

Heather in Peek-A-Boo Red Canyon, Utah

This is something that can come with the awareness of where canyons and caves exist.

Heather in Peek-A-Boo Red Canyon, Utah

I can hope that we can all do our part to preserve these amazing places for generations of people to enjoy.

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NOT IMLAY CANYON. ZION NATIONAL PARK, UTAH

Adam Haydock September 26, 2017

James rappelling down the first drop in Not Imlay Canyon, Utah

Please read the beta on ropewiki carefully before descending this route.

http://ropewiki.com/Not_Imlay_Canyon

A fatality happened here back in 2015 which had to do with the first 2 drops in the canyon

Not Imlay canyon is quite the exotic run inside of Zion National Park where elevation loss is around 800ft in around a quarter mile of length.

Heather, Tena, James, Andy, and Justin preparing for Not Imlay Canyon

Not Imlay Canyon passes by the world famous Imlay canyon which is one of the best canyons IMO I have ever visited and one of the most popular canyoneering routes on the planet.

We woke up to catch the first bus from the visitor center and headed up angels landing and the west rim trail to the turning point into the imlay sneak and not imlay.

The conditions were great as it was a cool breeze and sunny. The weather looked great for our run into Not Imlay.

Not Imlay Canyon, Utah

We hike for a total of 2 hours to a clearing where the impressive views of the narrows came into play and another perspective of Mystery canyon could be seen.

Andy coming down the 6th rappel in Not Imlay Canyon, Utah

Once we got to the first rap, we gathered our gear together and looked over edge. we could see and hear the narrows below ! This was a great perspective of Zion and I am glad we got to experience this.

I looked around for any alternative anchors and I could only find the massive line of webbing in the dry watercourse going over the edge.

Tena coming over the 3rd drop in Not Imlay Canyon, Utah

Not Imlay Canyon is rated at a 3AIII but I would give this run a 4AIII for is rope length and actual technical route. We obtained beta from BluuGnome and that beta stated that the first rap was 100ft to a pine tree and another 180ft rap to the bottom of the sequence. The beta stated that the first rap is 30ft to the north of the way point and watercourse which was checked on multiple occasions and we did not find any webbing.

Justin going down the narrow passage in Not Imlay Canyon, Utah

We did find one anchor with a very long length of webbing that was connected to a tree in the watercourse. We used this anchor and figured that since the BN way point was within a 30ft radius, like most other way pointed anchors in Zion, we used this anchor. James got on rap and he rappelled down to find himself short roped. Since we figured this was a 100ft drop to a tree below (according to the BN beta), we rigged a 200ft. rope and I had him bring down the 330ft. to use for the next drop.

Justin about to drop over the 6th Rappel in Not Imlay Canyon, Utah

We rigged an eight block which was very helped as we lowered him to a ledge where he could get off rope and set up another anchor. We could not communicate well due to the canyon walls and the sound of the narrows. I realized that James and Tena did not send the full 200ft. of rope down which I was concerned about as I always toss the full length of rope to the bottom.

Heather going over the 6th rappel in Not Imlay Canyon, Utah

We came down to find that James set up another anchor to a tree on a ledge and we rigged the 330 and doubled it down to the bottom. The 330ft rope was at its mid point so we performed a 165ft drop to the bottom of the second rap.

Justin looking over the last drop in Not Imlay Canyon, Utah

We continued to come down and found that we were not able to pull the first 200ft of rope. It was stuck due to friction or a combination of friction and some other issue.

Justin on the 6th drop in Not Imlay Canyon, Utah

We rigged another pull line to this pull line and directed it down to the bottom. Justin was able to get a vantage the least amount of friction and successfully pulled the rope down.

Heather going over the last drop in Not Imlay Canyon, Utah

We spent some time working our way down to the second drop but we made it and got our ropes down. We figured that we did a 180ft drop and a 165 ft drop.

Justin, Heather, and Andy looking out into the Narrows in Not Imlay Canyon, Utah

The best course of action will be to rig for a rap down to the 2nd drop. We had a 330ft rope for the last rappel but canyoneering USA states that a 270ft rap will get you down to a ledge and if you have enough rope, you can rap down 300ft. to the bottom of rap 2. THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO DEAL WITH RAP 1 and 2. My recommendation is to bring a 300ft rope for this canyon to use for rap 1 and the last rap.

Andy rappelling down the last drop in Not Imlay Canyon, Utah

We continued down to find a 115ft rap that poured over to another ledge. We used a 80ft rope that we doubled up and found that rap to be 40ft. (due to the half mark on my rope). Once at the bottom of this drop we went through a stemming section and a 20ft rap.

Not Imlay Canyon, Utah

Once we got back onto walking breakdown, we could see the narrows close and we only had two raps left.

Andy coming over the edge in Not Imlay Canyon, Utah

Rap 6 was a 90ft rap down to a bigger ledge where the last rap is located. As of 9/26/2017 the webbing in rap 6 should be replaced.

James in Not Imlay Canyon, Utah

Rap 7 is the big drop. Some estimates found that this is a 230ft drop and some others have found this drop to be 280ft. We brought a 330ft rope to make sure we had enough rope to get down. We had the 200ft. pull cord dangling down and had about 30ft. of 9mm rope left that reached the bottom. According to James there was only enough rope to tie ropes together, so there was no access rope. I recommend at least a 300ft rope so this can be used for the last drop which will work great. I have always thought that some canyons could use a survey with a disto and this might help.

Tena in Not Imlay Canyon, Utah

The last 120-140ft of this rap is open air and will drop you right into the middle of the narrows. Pack the rope in a rope bag and bring it with the first descender so you don't clock someone walking through the narrows.

Heather going over the last drop in Not Imlay Canyon, Utah

We all got down to the bottom and we were bombarded with questions on how we get the rope down and what it is like coming down the cliff. There are lines of people walking into and out of the narrows in this section which was quite the spectacle. I almost got into the sword fight with my trekking pole vs. a selfie stick as we walked out. what a great canyon to descend and a great change of scenery from a traditional zion canyon run.

Heather excited to be looking over the narrows in Not Imlay Canyon, Utah

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TEA KETTLE CAVE, NEVADA

Adam Haydock September 18, 2017

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PESHIO CAVE, NEVADA

Adam Haydock September 12, 2017

Dakota Drew and Jamie Goodwin in Peshio Cave, Nevada

After we got back to Ely From Eureka, We grabbed some lunch and headed over to the range where Peshio Cave is located. I wanted to get the group up to another cave and check out some more Nevada caves, so we decided to camp up on the range.

The Campsite near Peshio Cave, Nevada

We got as far up the road as possible in Justin's 4 Runner where we had a beautiful view of the basin below and a great place to camp on a slightly sloping decline.

Dakota, Justin, and Jamie in Peshio Cave, Nevada

The following morning, we woke up to a herd of Elk running down the mountain as their hooves clamped down on the limestone.

Campsite at night PHOTO BY: JUSTIN BAILEY

In the distance, I could hear some shots being fired so I am sure that hunting season has started.

Dakota, Justin, and Jamie in Peshio Cave, Nevada

We woke up and broke down camp so we could head out and back to Las Vegas in good time. The Hike up to the entrance was steep so it took a little longer than anticipated. The elevation we got up to was around 7200ft.

Another entrance in Peshio Cave, Nevada

We went into one entrance and there was some crawling in dusty rat piss and shit until we broke out into a standing room. We continued down and shortly after, we made it to the coral room.

Dakota, Justin, and Jamie in Peshio Cave, Nevada

This room was quite interesting. There was folia, popcorn, formations, and some other residue like material on the walls and on the formations inside of this room. Looking at the details, the room was actually quite detailed and busy inside.

interesting folia, and various formations in Peshio Cave, Nevada

We walked up to the back of the room and there was some interesting flowstone formations with an abundant amount of popcorn on the walls.

Justin, Dakota, and Jamie in Peshio cave, Nevada.

We snapped a few photos of this passage and the previous room which proved to show a lot of interesting gypsum formations on the walls and ceiling!

Dakota Drew and Jamie Goodwin coming out of Peshio Cave, Nevada

We found the main entrance when we hiked out so instead of crawling through the ratscat, we walked out of the main entrance.

The Campsite near Peshio Cave, Nevada

This was a very interesting cave to visit and I am glad we got a chance to go to this cave. There is a lot of interesting mineralogy going on within this 730ft cave so I am glad that we can protect this place as much as possible.

Justin Bailey in Peshio Cave, Nevada

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