Canyoneering Robber's Roost: Maybe Mindbender and Chambers

Scott, David, and Everett went canyoneering in the Robber's Roost area the last few days. They drove down on Thursday night, camping by Robber's Roost Springs. They did a canyon called "Maybe Mindbender" on Friday morning. That canyon was a beautiful canyon but had a challenging exit, long and hot.

They saw and heard some wild burros, the white animals in the center right of the picture below:

Scott took this picture for me since I learned about the General Land Office Survey in my family history classes:

Slot section at the beginning:

The last rappel was into a spring-fed canyon:

The exit involved climbing and scrambling in a very exposed area in the middle of a very hot day--temps over 100 degrees.

They found a dead cow:

Since the other two canyons they planned had the same exit--which they did not want to do again--they decided to drive somewhere else and do a different canyon on Saturday morning called Chambers. This canyon didn't have rappelling but had a lot of down climbing. And if you have any tendency towards claustrophobia, this was not your canyon. Roadtrip Ryan put a weight limit of 180 lbs. on this canyon and that's probably too high depending on how tall you are.

Friday night they had chili for dinner but didn't have a pot so this was their creative solution for heating up the cans:

And here's the Milky Way:

Saturday morning, they started on the Chamber:

The reason for the weight limit:

At one point, they came to a spot that was completely dark. So they shined a light on the wall and there were spiders crawling everywhere:

At one point, Scott ripped his pants quite badly and they were history:

This is the end with an abrupt drop:

Comments

Our Cousin Drew

This last week, my brother and his wife lost a very precious son, just 13 years old. He collapsed while running with a cross-country team and passed away before he could be revived. Everyone that knew Drew is broken-hearted at this loss. He was the happiest, most agreeable kid we knew. I remember him being at my house without anyone close to his age to hang out with, so he found our Duplo blocks and started building even though it is a toy that boys his age don't usually enjoy. He was so content. He didn't complain that I ever remember. His mother always called him the perfect child. He will leave a big hole in not only his immediate family but our extended family as well. Here is a poem my aunt shared that seems fitting: Leave Taking How I would have liked to wave goodbye and watch until you turned and smiled and disappeared on the horizon. You who taught me to dance and let me teach you, who laughed at my stories and winked at me when I was sad. I can just see you trav

Remembering Drew

This weekend we celebrated Drew's life. On Thursday night, we gathered as an extended family and had a dinner then sat in a big circle and talked about our memories of him. I took some notes and here is what people said. Grandpa (Gary Hansen): The last time we saw Drew was last week on the 4th. I remember all the cousins on the trampoline, bouncing up and down and playing basketball. Grandma (Susan Hansen): I asked Drew to come over last winter to teach my Activity Day boys how to make origami stars. He was very patient in working with them even though they were pretty clueless. Eventually they all went home happily with their stars. Paula: This last winter we invited Bruce and Michelle over for dinner and we didn't have anyone his age for him to hang out with. I remember that Drew found the Duplo blocks on his own and played with them all by himself, quite cheerfully entertaining himself. I asked him if he wanted to play with a different toy--maybe something more sophistica

Drew's Funeral

Yesterday was the viewing for Drew and then today was the funeral. There were a LOT of people at the viewing. Bruce and Michelle greeted people for almost four hours yesterday and then again this morning before the funeral. Bruce said that if weren't for Drew's death, it would be the best week of his life with so much love being shown to them. Friday actually began with a family run in Drew's honor. We started at a church by the new Lindon temple and ran to Bruce and Michelle's house with breakfast following. Friday night was the viewing. There was a very nice display of all things Drew. This was one of the pictures displayed and I recognized someone I know: We stood in line and the paramedics who worked on Drew stood in line behind us so we got to talk to them. Here's a fun fact: They cover both Orem and Vineyard but Vineyard gets a lot more 911 calls than Orem per capita. It's a younger population and they are quicker to call. They said it's hard when the

Search This Blog