2011 River Trip Day 9 10/2 122 Mile Camp Garnet Canyon and Elves Chasm hikes

2011 River Trip Day 9 10/2 122 Mile Camp Garnet Canyon and Elves Chasm hikes


breakfast bagel, ham eggs, hot sauce
lunch 12 grain pastrami, horse radish, cheese
dinner stir fry with cabbage and peanut oil (fantastic) plus great salad

0000 Moon view from prior night

06:48 breakfast

06:58 sunrise view

07:55 arch site

07:17 carnivorous limestone I climbed

soon we are on the water and headed downriver (leaving around 08:00)
08:44 we go thru a little rapid

 08:45 to continue but soon stop at Garnet Canyon hike (a bit after 09:00)

 09:22 Garnet Canyon hike - lots of mica in this boulder

 09:35 we have climbed above the beach where we dropped our boats

 09:42 climb continues

 09:42 view of river - we are at Tapeats on our side

 09:45 view after we reach top of Tapeats

 09:58 bypass water

 09:59 we continue up canyon

 09:59 this is a great hike!

 10:04 Sarol Gay hiking

 10:05 we all continue

 10:05 river cobbles in a concretion

 10:06 Dennis shows how to do a high bypass of some rancid water

 10:09 doing the bypass

 10:21 view from above

 10:32 continue hike

 10:39

 11:02 our turnaround point - we all relax

 11:19 still relaxing

 11:31 we turn around and start the climb down

 11:34 continue down - what comes up from the river must return down to the river

 12:16 start of final downclimb

 12:21 it is easier than it looks here

 12:37 back at boats and ready to head downriver

 13:49 we head downriver and here approach Elves Chasm for our next hike

 14:17 Elves Chasm

 14:22 a number jump into the water to ensure they get cool enough

 14:28 climbing down from Elves Chasm

 14:34 back at the boats

 14:44 soon we are heading downriver again

14:53 we pass a nice example of great unconformity

14:58 Tapeats at river level again

 15:49 approaching camp at 122 mile

16:07 cat tracks by my camp

16:35 BA topped with Dolomite above our camp - I climbed to base of BA

16:35 BA topped by Dolomite - another view

16:37 view from my destination about camp

17:39 sun down where we are but still bright above us

 17:41 washer toss game

 17:42 my campsite

 18:11 sunset

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