The OP link has been updated since original publication.
Excerpt:
Backcountry safety
When hiking or canyoneering in remote areas, it is important to let someone know exactly where you are going and how long you expect it to take, Willis said.
Taking a guide or going with someone familiar with the area is also a good idea, he said.
“We had exactly the same rescue a year ago. A couple did exactly the same thing,” Willis said, pointing out they were planning to go to Fat Man’s Misery but ended up in the other canyon.
Willis urged people who want to go canyoneering to hire one of the many experienced guides available in Southern Utah.
Canyoneers and hikers should always carry enough food, water and clothing to spend at least one night. It is not uncommon for such treks to take longer than expected.
The group rescued Sunday had enough food but had run out of water by the time they were found, Willis said.
It’s also important to carry some kind of signaling device, Alldredge said, such as a flashlight, mirror or strobe light. An even better choice is a GPS locator device, also called a personal locator beacon, he said.
And of course since Lower Parunuweap below Labyrinth is off limits for any use, you’d have to fix ropes and make that final rappel 399′ and then jug back up.
I believe #4 would be the typical entry point, as the approach for Misery crosses it (it is ‘one drainage short’), and all the others are rather different, lacking the slot sections. I’ve wandered down it before, just to see the sights. Obviously not committing myself to anything. It has some vague Misery-like sections… like if you were just reading a basic description of Misery and had never seen photos of it, you could convince yourself that things were going right. Potholes in an open slickrock valley to start, and then alternating sections of slot and open wash. Of course you are initially heading in the wrong direction, and it starts with shallow non-technical slot instead of with a rappel. And yes it does end below Labyrinth Falls. I didn’t try the technical sections so I can’t comment on their qualities. These guys should do a trip report or something. Jokes, aside, glad they made it out okay.
And that’s why I pose this to you all: where is it?
The three possibilities I’ve put together from Google Earth, the westernmost of which puts in below Labyrinth Falls, so that would make for an even grander final rap.
Anybody have eyes on this bad boy? I suppose I could go do my Fremen thing and wander around those 3 lines until I find the bolts SAR left there, but it’s kinda hot this time of year to be just a-walkin-around in that particular area…
hank moon
http://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/ar…rs-rescued-near-fat-mans-misery/#.V4W-bOpHanP
The OP link has been updated since original publication.
Excerpt:
Backcountry safety
When hiking or canyoneering in remote areas, it is important to let someone know exactly where you are going and how long you expect it to take, Willis said.
Taking a guide or going with someone familiar with the area is also a good idea, he said.
“We had exactly the same rescue a year ago. A couple did exactly the same thing,” Willis said, pointing out they were planning to go to Fat Man’s Misery but ended up in the other canyon.
Willis urged people who want to go canyoneering to hire one of the many experienced guides available in Southern Utah.
Canyoneers and hikers should always carry enough food, water and clothing to spend at least one night. It is not uncommon for such treks to take longer than expected.
The group rescued Sunday had enough food but had run out of water by the time they were found, Willis said.
It’s also important to carry some kind of signaling device, Alldredge said, such as a flashlight, mirror or strobe light. An even better choice is a GPS locator device, also called a personal locator beacon, he said.
deathtointernet
And of course since Lower Parunuweap below Labyrinth is off limits for any use, you’d have to fix ropes and make that final rappel 399′ and then jug back up.
deathtointernet
I believe #4 would be the typical entry point, as the approach for Misery crosses it (it is ‘one drainage short’), and all the others are rather different, lacking the slot sections. I’ve wandered down it before, just to see the sights. Obviously not committing myself to anything. It has some vague Misery-like sections… like if you were just reading a basic description of Misery and had never seen photos of it, you could convince yourself that things were going right. Potholes in an open slickrock valley to start, and then alternating sections of slot and open wash. Of course you are initially heading in the wrong direction, and it starts with shallow non-technical slot instead of with a rappel. And yes it does end below Labyrinth Falls. I didn’t try the technical sections so I can’t comment on their qualities. These guys should do a trip report or something. Jokes, aside, glad they made it out okay.
hank moon
It’s the one that #’s 4-7 drain into (“oh shit!” drop at the end circled). BTW, this is the 3rd rescue there in recent years.
Yellow Dart
And that’s why I pose this to you all: where is it?
The three possibilities I’ve put together from Google Earth, the westernmost of which puts in below Labyrinth Falls, so that would make for an even grander final rap.
Anybody have eyes on this bad boy? I suppose I could go do my Fremen thing and wander around those 3 lines until I find the bolts SAR left there, but it’s kinda hot this time of year to be just a-walkin-around in that particular area…
robert kyslovsky
Inexperienced, not enough gear, wrong location, over their heads…all sounds pretty bad, though with a good outcome of course.
As for the canyon itself, sounds FABULOUS for the experienced, with proper gear, in the correct drainage…