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Trip Report: Canyoneering in Zion NP (page 4)
All photos by Todd unless otherwise noted.

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Memories stored in the remote recesses of the brain can be triggered by many things. The distinct sound of packs splashing down into deep pools of water is what brings back the memory of past Heaps trips.
We hit some nice dark narrows and some more dead logs.
 
I went down to the crossroads, tried to flag a ride.
Nobody seemed to know me, everybody passed me by.
The first day is over much too soon as we reach the 'crossroads', an open area that serves as the traditional campsite if doing Heaps as a 2 day trip. This is our destination for the day and although it is fairly early we stop for the day and set up camp, laze about and try to dry out our stuff.
 
Heaps, Day 2: The next day dawns sunny and clear as our neoprene clad warriors continue their progress of the day before, soon reaching this long, sandy, straight away. Those guys look like trouble if you ask me.
 
It isn't long before the canyon plunges into a narrow, dark, twisty slot with moss coated walls. Not to give away any secrets, but this is one of the best stretches of canyon in all of canyondom.
 
Very slow shutter speeds are needed to get photos in Heaps, which might be why there are so few pictures out there.
 
In case you were wondering, I like to pose the subjects in my photos ('stop' and 'look this way' being my two favorite commands). I do this for a couple reasons:
1) When the light is really low, you can't take a good photo with people moving around.
2) Action oriented canyoneering shots usually fall into three categories - blurry pictures, pictures of peoples backs, and people that don't know you're photographing them and as a result they may have their mouth open or their eyes closed or are doing something really embarrassing like picking their nose or watching Dr. Phil on TV.
3) I'm not really into simulated action. I find those photos in climbing magazines of the radical 'one handed, two fingered, feet above the head, poised over a pit of poisonous viper' shots tiresome and a little sad. They are just trying way too hard.
 
More nice canyon.
 
We reach a particularly scenic stretch and the light is perfect.
 
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