UT: Zion A Blast from the Past-HEAPS- Oct. 2010

My daughter Amy is back from college for 10 days. She will be 21 years old next month,. The subject of her trip through Heaps in 2010 came up. The trip was planned, by her request, as her Sweet sixteen, coming of age present. We brought up the pictures and reminisced. I also noted the collection of characters along for the trip. Being that it was back in the Yahoo days, there was never a TR with pictures. So on this quiet day, I thought I would put this post together, to sooth my disappointment at not being in Ouray or on a mountain somewhere.

From the Yahoo post
Me? Old friends and new friends. I love the slot but am terrified of the wall. My daughter deals the challenges. A Big soccer win, as goalie in a battle of the undefeated, against the team that dumped her last year. She would have given up Heaps, as painful as that would have been, before not being there for that! She made the difference. Then a grueling travel that evening, then the canyon, then the travel home and school and team sports....in spite of the walking pneumonia she picked up along the way. A tough and stubborn one, that one is. Thanks to Sonny and friends for escorting her back and forth from Vegas. Yeah good stuff, all around, with this collection of fine folks.

Pictures
headlamp start from Lava- Amy- Jenny and Pascal behind


Jenny...who's close friends did the first descent of this canyon. For her, this was a special day


Sun-a-cummin


Calius


My only canyon I recall with...Luca


Amy, with Tom behind


West temple over Phantom Valley




Amy learning knots. Jenny the teacher


recent flow. look how sand has been pushed into the pool on top


And sand is clinging to sandstone as it drys


Pascal reflecting in Phantom Valley






All the way from Italy for the fun- Pascal smiles brightly


Sonny at the beginning. The man is organizing workshops in Ouray between graffiti removal projects all over the southwest






Tom


Then the surprise birthday party at Crossroads


A total surprise


From the whole nutty gang


pretty mud....quicksand maybe?


Yup, quicksand


help and support....taking pictures ;-)








pack drag


big wall

Nice. A great trip.

Tom

And Amy's trip was an inspiration for my Heaps trip the following year on my 65th birthday (my post is in the archives). Superbly led by Tom.

And today is Amy's 21st birthday.
The old TR
http://canyoncollective.com/threads...ll-probably-only-do-it-once.16625/#post-65158