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One Sunday morning four of us—permit in hand—decided to tackle a narrow, slot canyon. Watch the video of us as we slide, squeeze and rappel through. It has 12 rappels with the longest [...]

Comfortable fit and foam padding in the waistbelt and leg loops treat you right on hanging belays and long routes Slotted adjustment system lets you fix the free end of the waistbelt strap in a [...]

The ATC-XP can control how much friction while belaying or rapping, which in turn means greater control with multiple rope diameters. Rappelling down a waterfall? Use the ATC-XP in high-friction [...]

Thanks to Scott Betz for making this video

Found some nice new places to rappel. Found a  sweet 300′ rappel we will need to go back and complete.

Sorry everyone I have been busy for the last few weeks. I was spending every waking moment training to hike the Grand Canyon. I am now able to have a life again. I hiked 114 miles in September to [...]

I went exploring with Ben, Scott and my son, Andrew to find a new way in to Tonto Narrows since they closed the trailhead as of 1/1/2009. Thanks again to Scott Betz for creating this video

Thanks to Scott Betz for shooting this video.

Ben and I went on a canyoneering trip through Water Holes Canyon. Thanks Scott Betz for this video of our trip.

Most recent update June 18th, 2009, By PATRICK REIS and GREENWIRE The Obama administration yesterday said it could not endorse legislation that would make way for a copper mine in an Arizona [...]

Some more pictures from Salome Jug. These were shot by Jerry Portelli

We did Salome Jug with the professional model and photographer. Unfortunately, I didn’t get very many photos from the adventure. Here is what I have. More will follow as I get them from the [...]