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1049 viewsOnward and upward !
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1048 viewsTyler at the entrance sign. Interpretation = Welcome RAT and friends ! Enjoy your day !
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1048 viewsJohn makes his way carefully down the blockage fish rock to get back to the bottom of the slot canyon
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1048 viewsFinally, the view off the top of the blockage rock ! Looking down at the lower end of the slot canyon where we were earlier
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1048 viewsFalls upstream from the wall
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1048 viewsGranny`s Kitchen Falls
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1047 viewsLooking down into the upper half of the slot you can see the 'blockage rock' now from the upper side. it resembles (to me) a huge fish faced rock.
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1047 viewsJohn and Tyler deep in the slot canyon
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1046 viewsJohn deep within the lower end of the Little Rat Crack during a photo session
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1046 viewsbadger at the deepest point within the slot canyon as he documents the new falls from their base. The foundation upon which he is standing is the 'clogged drain' so to speak of the slot canyon as this is where the water seeps through to reach that deep dark pool you seen from the other side. it was springy and I felt as if it could bust through at any moment
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1045 viewsBadger and Tyler at Granny`s Kitchen
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1045 viewsit was almost total dark when I took this. A small cascading falls way upstream from the Bonas Wall as we get closer to the dam and spillway. This is where I got a little nervous as most water releases are done after dark and it had been announced that a release would coming due to drought conditions and lower lake levels down river.
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1044 viewsRock formations beside the blockage rock within the slot canyon
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1044 viewsUp the gut !
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1044 viewsGranny`s Pantry Falls
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