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Joe watches from the car as Robert prepares his pack
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Chad starts the first rappel (down the 2nd dryfall)
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Robert on rappel
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Me and Robert in the start of the Birch Hollow slot
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Chad starts down a downclimb as Robert watches
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Robert does another rappel
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Birch Hollow
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Robert starts the 110 foot rappel
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Robert untangles the pull cord as he goes
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Joe tackles the big rappel
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Joe continues down
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Chad takes his turn
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Courtney starts a rappel, with Joe below
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Courtney on rappel
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Chad starts his rappel
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Robert rappels down fluted rock
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Amber on rappel
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Brent prepares to rap
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Brent on rappel
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Brent does the next rappel
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Robert on rappel
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Chad starts down
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Robert likes to rappel
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Beautiful Birch Hollow rock
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Chad on rappel
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Another view of the lovely fluted rock
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Lunch break at the confluence of Birch Hollow and Orderville
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Fall colors in Orderville
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Orderville view
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Courtney and Amber in Orderville
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Approaching another narrow slot section
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Robert, Courtney, and Amber in the slot
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Dancing in the canyon
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Cut and eroded rock walls
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Beautiful swirly rock patterns
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Colorful slot walls
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Joe makes his way down the slot
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Amber, Joe, and Robert
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Courtney in Orderville
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Entering another set of narrows
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Walking through the slot
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Deep in Orderville
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Chad finds another patch of sunshine
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Brent shows us the "boulder garden"
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Brent starts a downclimb
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Robert at the base of a short rap/downclimb (with Chad above)
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Now that's a big chockstone!
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Towering rock walls
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Chad at the base of a natural waterslide (Brent and Amber above)
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Watch for slippery rock!
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Robert jumps for it
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Chad on the way to the Narrows
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Courtney and Robert at the confluence of Orderville and the Narrows
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Passing the exit of Mystery canyon
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Joe and Amber wading through the Narrows (Chad and Brent behind)
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Amber wading
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We made it! Amber, Brent, Robert, Chad, Joe, Courtney, at the end of the Narrows
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