AZ: Grand Canyon – 150 Mile-Matkat-Panameta-Olo….Part 3

Day 5 to midday Day 6

We wake early. It is day 5 of 7 and we are still moving further away from where we started. Enough dead burro water too!. We head up Dump Truck fork and it is a delight. Redwall rim gives way to Supai ledges, one after another. Up, up, up, a ledge here, a bypass there, a boulder everywhere. One cliff band was technical. Aron found a new and easy way up a hidden chimney, then out the top on the Esplanade (?), at the top of the Supai. Views in every direction. After gawking about for a time,we find the fault canyon and head down into the Olo drainage. The sun beats down. My clothes soak in sweat, working hard to stay up….and failing in that effort.

Finally at the canyon head, we declare “far point” from the cars and start to work our way home. First is a 100 foot free rap and a short but pretty redwall slot. A few hours of walking on bowling balls ensue. Then the Temple Butte layer, the layer, along with the Muav, that the canyon is famed for. The most amazing campsite came along, but it was only 3 PM, so on we pushed.

We set camp at a nice spot 4 or 5 turns from the river. That night the wind blew. Up the next day and through more amazing narrows, dancing on ledges, trying to keep mostly dry. Soon we are rapping out to the beach, by the river, by late morning. We settled in for some lunch and blew up the boats for the ride ahead.
To be continued…….
Pictures and slideshow below.

Sunrise

Up top

Upper redwall in Olo

Relaxed

Jenny on the 100 foot rap

Huge chockstones overhead

Aron’s turn

Come on! This way!

In the Temple Butte Gorge

Lovely

nature patterns

Feeling stronger! (Rocky theme music)

Camp for the night

Water slide! NOT!

Dinner from the patio

Strolling back from the river

Prep for the day

Leaving camp

Polished beauty

Staying dry in a drysuit??

Mark mans the station

Delicate traverse

To the river

Slideshow