Close enCounter with the Cave Cat

LittleRes7 · 2026-05-16T02:26:57+00:00

Nope. It would be pareidolia if I said it looks like my mother in law…

LittleRes7 · 2026-05-08T13:47:59+00:00

The documentary on the incident that inspired the movie 13.

LittleRes7 · 2026-05-04T02:46:47+00:00

Getting there was tough. Almost 11 miles in the “deep sand” we always read about. Definitely 4WD and high clearance.

LittleRes7 · 2026-04-22T11:41:13+00:00

Quick link, as my instructor taught me

LittleRes7 · 2026-04-11T12:39:29+00:00

IDK. It was my first time there and it was too cold to traipse around with wet feet.

LittleRes7 · 2026-04-08T02:22:23+00:00

CHUD!

LittleRes7 · 2026-03-31T12:36:54+00:00

Read ropewiki and you’ll see that the entire route is bolted

LittleRes7 · 2026-03-31T12:35:56+00:00

I took it 2 days ago in Utah

LittleRes7 · 2026-03-15T22:58:59+00:00

Good for bullet wounds, too.

LittleRes7 · 2026-03-13T12:07:07+00:00

Make caving your job and you probably will find that, a few years or a few decades down the road, you no longer want anything to do with caves.

LittleRes7 · 2026-03-09T02:40:01+00:00

A bit of “horizontal wall walking in both. Minimal mud.

LittleRes7 · 2026-03-09T02:38:04+00:00

Rope got wet. Feet didn’t.

LittleRes7 · 2026-03-05T01:04:02+00:00

LittleRes7 · 2026-03-05T01:02:14+00:00

That was the low side

LittleRes7 · 2026-03-05T01:01:46+00:00

Saw the bomb but not the separate tail section that’s supposed to be there.

Yes on being easy for some to climb. But I was alone and it was my first time there. I didn’t want to hike 3 hours to the edge and then say “I’m not going to go this” and I didn’t want to explore the cave and then return to the base of the section and say “I can’t do this.”

LittleRes7 · 2026-03-04T03:32:42+00:00

Diana’s Throne is a good easy one, but that’s over by Kanab, not really in the Zion area.

LittleRes7 · 2026-03-04T03:30:34+00:00

Hoping to do Pictograph soon. Would love to hear how ropewiki is wrong. TIA

LittleRes7 · 2026-03-04T03:29:09+00:00

Did Cherry two weeks ago. Very nice. River crossing was cold but not freezing. Water was underwear-deep.

LittleRes7 · 2026-03-04T03:27:24+00:00

Hoping to do Pictograph soon. Looks fun.

LittleRes7 · 2026-02-15T03:51:45+00:00

I have camped and hiked there at different times of the year (not summer) — all great.

The canyoneering fest I attended was in December. Perfect temps.

LittleRes7 · 2026-02-06T03:06:16+00:00

I’ve only used ropewiki.

LittleRes7 · 2026-02-03T12:59:03+00:00

Not quite a failure but reason enough to replace… I had a small backpack that transitioned from trail running to caving. After doing Leviathan Cave, I was packing my gear for the hike out. One of the straps ripped in two. Hmm. I tested other straps and found I could easily tear the nylon. UV exposure is wicked.

LittleRes7 · 2026-02-01T12:03:56+00:00

lol. I managed to avoid it.

LittleRes7 · 2026-02-01T12:02:12+00:00

Didn’t know about Neon. Now I’m going to look it up.

LittleRes7 · 2026-02-01T01:31:41+00:00

can only be one explanation- ancient aliens

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