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Tazz Member
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Sat Apr 07, 2007 7:44 am
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Spotly Member
Joined: 06 Jan 2004 Posts: 3723 | TRs | Pics Location: Spokane Valley |
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Sat Apr 07, 2007 7:53 am
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GeoTom Member
Joined: 19 May 2005 Posts: 3215 | TRs | Pics Location: Earth |
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Sat Apr 07, 2007 7:53 am
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Thank you
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Newt Short Timer
Joined: 21 Dec 2001 Posts: 3176 | TRs | Pics Location: Down the road and around the corner |
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Sat Apr 07, 2007 8:38 am
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Thanks. I was getting restless waiting. That piece meal antic was hard to take. Nice report and photos.
It's now on my list. I want to see those tracks.
It's pretty safe to say that if we take all of man kinds accumulated knowledge, we still don't know everything. So, I hope you understand why I don't believe you know everything. But then again, maybe you do.
It's pretty safe to say that if we take all of man kinds accumulated knowledge, we still don't know everything. So, I hope you understand why I don't believe you know everything. But then again, maybe you do.
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David¹ Token Canadian
Joined: 25 Jul 2002 Posts: 3040 | TRs | Pics Location: The Great White North |
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Sat Apr 07, 2007 8:48 am
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Thanks to Tazz for tagging along on my last minute adventure and making it possible, and of course for putting up with some very long and insane driving days! Last of all thanks for patiently waiting for me to set up and take down all my camera gear for 9 days straight!
The Subway was a last minute addition to our itinerary and I’m glad we did it. I originally never even thought of it because I thought it was the wrong time of year for this hike. However as I was once again going over Joe’s site, an awesome resource for Zion hiking, I clicked on the link for permits and noticed that indeed the park was dolling out permits for the dates we were there! They are hard to come by later in the year and usually involve a lottery system, but I had no problem booking a pair 2 days in advance on the park’s website.
Now the odd thing is once we arrived to pick up our permits and inquired about trail conditions, the Zion ranger told us there would be many icy cold pools that we would need to swim through. Wet or dry suits would be needed and winter conditions were present. We were really disappointed we wouldn't be able to get to the Subway, but we shrugged our shoulders and said we’d just wander as far as we could.
From the pictures you’ll see we did the whole length of the hike. There was one small pool in the actual subway that was thigh deep that we waded through to get to the waterfall room (which I’ve read usually entails swimming) and other than that the water was only ever ankle deep. We spoke with the other couple and they also said the ranger did everything in his power to deter them from doing the trail as well. I’m not sure if it was a liability thing, but I wondered why they would go to such lengths as to lie about conditions. It wouldn’t be lack of current conditions because they had been giving out permits consistently every day. I would have been pretty ticked if I had packed a dry suit all the way in and didn’t need it!
Sorry for the trip report verbage….and now back to our regularly scheduled photo essay…
Kolob Canyon
Red Road Glad to be in Utah Climbers here Climbers close up Kolob Canyon
The Subway
I wish I had put something for scale in the first shot, but if I remember correctly these were about a foot and a half long. I read they are from the early Jurassic period, a bipedal carnivore.
Dinosaur track Trail to the Subway Cascades Getting close Waterfall room subway Subway Subway Subway Subway Subway Entrance to the Subway
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Tazz Member
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 7902 | TRs | Pics
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Sat Apr 07, 2007 9:05 am
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Ok WARNING... I am going to be sappy here....
Karen your images portray what it was like. It brought tears to my eyes. It was such a great day and place I miss it already. Good times!!
It is so hard to portray what it was really like in an image and you did it girl. WOW!! I will sit anywhere for any length of time while you shoot just to see art like this.
I forgot about me hugging the rock! I love it!!
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Gil Member
Joined: 29 Sep 2004 Posts: 4062 | TRs | Pics
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Sat Apr 07, 2007 9:18 am
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I believe these to be the trip reports to end all trip reports.
Friends help the miles go easier.
Klahini
Friends help the miles go easier.
Klahini
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jimmymac Zip Lock Bagger
Joined: 14 Nov 2003 Posts: 3705 | TRs | Pics Location: Lake Wittenmyer, WA |
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Sat Apr 07, 2007 9:27 am
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Well worth the wait. Stunning imagery.
"Profound serenity is the product of unfaltering Trust and heightened vulnerability."
"Profound serenity is the product of unfaltering Trust and heightened vulnerability."
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MCaver Founder
Joined: 14 Dec 2001 Posts: 5124 | TRs | Pics
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Sat Apr 07, 2007 9:34 am
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I didn't know you guys spent time at Kolob Canyons. We must have just missed each other.
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Hiker Boy Hinking Fool
Joined: 18 Feb 2002 Posts: 1569 | TRs | Pics Location: Northern Polar Icecap |
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Sat Apr 07, 2007 9:36 am
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It's been many years since I have been to Zion and I was there when there was hardly any water in the slot canyons. Any concerns about flash flooding at this time of year?
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silly_traveler ~ roaming ~
Joined: 04 Jun 2006 Posts: 1525 | TRs | Pics Location: Bellevue |
♫ You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. And you're the one who will decide where you'll go. Oh the places you'll go. - Dr. Seuss
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nuclear_eggset Member
Joined: 02 Jul 2006 Posts: 2206 | TRs | Pics Location: Eastside |
that looks like it was an amazing trip, and that's great that you got to do the subway. the pictures... are all amazing. you've inspired someone else to go there at some point.
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LittleHikerMom Mom to a little girl
Joined: 08 Jul 2004 Posts: 1855 | TRs | Pics Location: Everett, WA |
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David¹ Token Canadian
Joined: 25 Jul 2002 Posts: 3040 | TRs | Pics Location: The Great White North |
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Sat Apr 07, 2007 12:09 pm
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Mcaver, we didn't really spend anytime at Kolob Canyons, we just quickly swung by it the first night we were there, Friday. We had planned on sunset at Bryce but the weather forecast and looming clouds over the area kept us driving farther south. We vowed to return for another sunset, but couldn't fit it in thanks to the storm that hit in the middle of our trip that sent us running down to Sedona to escape it.
HB - Don't they say there is always a danger of flash flooding? I had to sign all the paperwork to obtain my permit saying I was aware of the danger. Generally flash floods are summer season. It was pretty dry when we were there, they had a two week period of really dry/warm weather before we got there.
Thanks for the kind words everyone, I'm still stunned Tazz posted a picture of herself! That's a first!
Karen
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Tazz Member
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Sat Apr 07, 2007 12:12 pm
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notice though I am not Looking at the camera!!
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