Climbing into Leprechaun
Aron awaits his turn to climb down into the Main Fork of Leprechaun Canyon. This is generally accepted as the toughest of the three forks. Its also known as "Shimrock".
A very narrow and physically demanding slot canyon
Aron awaits his turn to climb down into the Main Fork of Leprechaun Canyon. This is generally accepted as the toughest of the three forks. Its also known as "Shimrock".
Aron drops into Leprechaun Canyon downclimbing with a handline.
Dominic climbs down into Leprechaun Canyon.
Interesting downclimb near the beginning of Lep (as it is affectionately called).
The canyon soon narrows.
Aron begins a tight, awkward downclimb.
Aron climbs down into the narrow slot.
A lot of the time squeezing between the tight walls makes the downclimbing almost trivial.
Aron and CP propel their way along a narrow section of canyon with oddly textured walls.
Dominic does some more tight downclimbing. By now my skin is feeling a little raw. The canyon walls are incredibly abrasive.
Aron climbs down a tricky spot. A handline is in place if he needs it.
Aron stems over a pool of dirty water.
Dominic stems over the same pool as seen from the down canyon side. Chuck anxiously awaits his turn.
Aron squeezes his way down to the canyon floor.
The canyon gets seriously narrow and I'm surprised to find that it feels tighter to me than Shenanigans. Working through the narrows feels like a bunch of work and we're all getting tired.
CP and Aron scramble along a "wide" section of canyon.
Somewhere up above the sun is about to set and this deep canyon is very dark. We finally concede and dig out our headlamps.
Dominic near the end of Lep, finishing up an incredible first day of canyoneering!