Day 3: The view from base camp

Day 3: Climbing up to the rim

Day 3: Views from the rim

Day 3: Jim and Paul on the canyon rim

Day 3: Paul on the canyon rim

Day 3: Jim on the canyon rim

Day 3: Brian, Smita, and Anita on the rim

Day 3: Views from the rim

Day 3: Water erosion

Day 3: A lizard

Day 4: Spherical rocks up on the rim

Day 4: Upper canyon access from the rim

Day 4: Starting into the upper canyon

Day 4: Looking up-canyon from the access point

Day 4: Jim and Smita in the upper canyon

Day 4: Smita in the upper canyon

Day 4: Scenes from the Upper Canyon

Day 4: Scenes from the Upper Canyon

Day 4: Scenes from the Upper Canyon

Day 4: Scenes from the Upper Canyon

Day 4: Brian and Smita

Day 4: Scenes from the Upper Canyon

Day 4: Scenes from the Upper Canyon

Day 4: Smita lowering Brian down an obstacle

Day 4: Brian peeking down a big waterslide (dry!)

Day 4: Jim descending down the slide

Day 4: Scenes from the Upper Canyon

Day 4: Scenes from the Upper Canyon

Day 4: Scenes from the Upper Canyon

Day 4: Accidental motion blur gave this a neat look

Day 4: Jim and Paul in the Upper Canyon

Day 4: Scenes from the Upper Canyon

Day 4: Jim in the Upper Canyon

Day 4: Jim, Brian, and Smita

Day 4: Paul in a really narrow section of the Upper Canyon

Day 4: Scenes from the Upper Canyon

Day 4: Paul, Brian, and Smita

Day 4: Scenes from the Upper Canyon

Day 4: Scenes from the Upper Canyon

Day 4: An eight-legged resident

Day 4: Brian preparing to descend

Day 4: Scenes from the Upper Canyon

Day 4: Brian and Smita climbing out of a pothole

Day 4: Scenes from the Upper Canyon

Day 4: Scenes from the Upper Canyon

Day 4: Scenes from the Upper Canyon

Day 4: Scenes from the Upper Canyon

Day 4: Scenes from the Upper Canyon

Day 4: Scenes from the Upper Canyon

Day 4: Scenes from the Upper Canyon

Day 4: Scenes from the Upper Canyon

Day 4: Jim, Brian, and Smita

Day 4: Jim in Upper Canyon

Day 4: Scenes from the Upper Canyon

Day 4: Scenes from the Upper Canyon

Day 4: Scenes from the Upper Canyon

Day 4: The first water...

Day 4: Brian installing a new bolt to rappel from

Day 4: Jim rappeling down

Day 4: Jim rappeling down

Day 4: The first icy pool we had to swim through in Upper Canyon

We had to lower ourselves down as far as we could on the frayed and slippery rope, then plunge into the water and swim like a maniac for the shore.

Day 4: We thought this was the end of Upper Canyon but...

Day 4: But there was yet another icy pool to endure!

Day 4: A snake was waiting for us in a narrow section.

Day 4: Scenes from the Upper Canyon

Day 4: The end is near!