zion national park / Behunin

Actually, the messy dirty tree rappel thing is a good example of sheep syndrome. It sucks, AND is totally unnecessary, and people only do it because that is where the obvious trail goes.

Follow the watercourse.

Down the watercourse, a short rappel is made off a convenient, stout tree (requires sling) to the edge of a pothole, then down a second short drop into that knee-deep pool you spend so much effort avoiding when doing the messy rappel. A pleasant, scenic rappel.

PLEASE READ THE LATEST BETA before doing this canyon and before doing Mystery.

http://www.canyoneeringusa.com/utah/zion/index.htm

Tom

— In Yahoo Canyons Group, neil wilkinson wrote: > But Jim,
It’s a simple scramble down to the big tree … no rappelling needed! Doing that as a rap is for suckers!
Just stir’in the pot, > Neil
James Schnepel wrote: > I like Behunin! I enjoy the hike to the entry…it’s usually dry when I don’t want to do a wet canyon…it has some nice scenery…and the last rappel is quite spectacular with a grand view of the main canyon. About the only part I don’t like is the dirt scramble/rappel down to the 3rd (?) to last rappel off the tree.
Sincerely, > Sucker Jim
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