goofball - Oct 27, 2008 9:23 pm Date Climbed: May 18, 2007
north fork entry
after reading michael r. kelseys write up on this i thought it sounded like fun so went to see for myself. great weather and beautiful canyon ! wish we'd had more time to wander around aimlessly and soak it up more.
Scott - Oct 14, 2008 11:50 pm Date Climbed: Apr 17, 2007
Booker
In 1999 I did this entire canyon from the top down.
On April 17 2008 we also tried to climb up Booker Canyon. Though the first falls does have a bypass we enjoyed some rock climbing to surmount it more directly. Aaron (a much better climber than me) made a direct hit of the falls and climbed directly up the crack. I couldn’t do it in non-sticky shoes. Rich (a better climber than me) made a climb just to the left of the crack and then a tricky traverse to the falls. I asked Rich to take off his sticky shoes and throw them down the cliff so I could climb. I succeeded in climbed the wall right near Rich’s route, but on the way back could not climb Aaron’s route, at least not with the borrowed shoes that were over a size too big. They kept slipping out of the crack. The only person to attempt the climb up the second fall was Todd (he is also a better climber than me). He made it pretty close, but it looked too risky and I wouldn’t try it without protection. With a belay the falls could have been upclimbed.
goofball - Oct 27, 2008 9:23 pm Date Climbed: May 18, 2007
north fork entryafter reading michael r. kelseys write up on this i thought it sounded like fun so went to see for myself. great weather and beautiful canyon ! wish we'd had more time to wander around aimlessly and soak it up more.
Scott - Oct 14, 2008 11:50 pm Date Climbed: Apr 17, 2007
BookerIn 1999 I did this entire canyon from the top down.
On April 17 2008 we also tried to climb up Booker Canyon. Though the first falls does have a bypass we enjoyed some rock climbing to surmount it more directly. Aaron (a much better climber than me) made a direct hit of the falls and climbed directly up the crack. I couldn’t do it in non-sticky shoes. Rich (a better climber than me) made a climb just to the left of the crack and then a tricky traverse to the falls. I asked Rich to take off his sticky shoes and throw them down the cliff so I could climb. I succeeded in climbed the wall right near Rich’s route, but on the way back could not climb Aaron’s route, at least not with the borrowed shoes that were over a size too big. They kept slipping out of the crack. The only person to attempt the climb up the second fall was Todd (he is also a better climber than me). He made it pretty close, but it looked too risky and I wouldn’t try it without protection. With a belay the falls could have been upclimbed.