Buckskin Gulch – The Delirium
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Thank you for taking the time to document this monumental adventure.
Yes! Thank you for documenting this adventure – can’t wait for April – I promise we will all stay together this time
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I’m glad you guys all made it out safe, but wow you really sounded ill prepared for the journey. We do the shorter Wire Pass to White House every year in October or November and have dealt with all the challenges that you described. For the record, the majority of the smell is from basic organic material (plants, etc) decomposing. Though you made a very wise choice to turn back at the rock fall, there are several ways to get past that and though last Autumn did leave quite a pond there as you described, if you climb down via the Moki steps (left side looking down canyon) it was totally dry. It would have been the Paria river that would have really put you to the test. It was quite deep and painful that time last year.
Another frozen trip report – http://www.climb-utah.com/Escalante/buckskinice.htm
Thank you for taking the time to document this monumental adventure.
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I’m glad you guys all made it out safe, but wow you really sounded ill prepared for the journey. We do the shorter Wire Pass to White House every year in October or November and have dealt with all the challenges that you described. For the record, the majority of the smell is from basic organic material (plants, etc) decomposing. Though you made a very wise choice to turn back at the rock fall, there are several ways to get past that and though last Autumn did leave quite a pond there as you described, if you climb down via the Moki steps (left side looking down canyon) it was totally dry. It would have been the Paria river that would have really put you to the test. It was quite deep and painful that time last year.
Another frozen trip report – http://www.climb-utah.com/Escalante/buckskinice.htm
Going in January seems really ill-informed. A great story afterward perhaps but an unnecessarily risky adventure, unless that is what you intended. We went on Sept. 26, 2010 and there was zero water or mud anywhere in the canyon, save a few small ankle-deep pools as we neared Paria. It’s all in the timing.
Well, they actually went in November, but your point is still valid…