Hike down to Corridor Canyon

[MojaveGeek]

Those photos are gorgeous.  I have wanted to do Corridor Cyn for over a decade, but then I get distracted by other places.

Yes, for you, a few

[ski3pin]

How was the down climb - and up climb - of the falls in the connecting canyon that leads to the corridor? Photo 9 in your series. Corridor remains one of our favorites.

[Beardilocks]

How was the down climb - and up climb - of the falls in the connecting canyon that leads to the corridor? Photo 9 in your series. Corridor remains one of our favorites.

That fall was an interesting experience just because it was the first fall that I down-climbed before I up-climbed.  Most canyon hikes in DV country are going up-elevation on the way in!

That said, I had no problem with it.  It had pretty good holds.  It was a fairly easy climb, but definitely something I didn't take for granted that far out and solo.

[MojaveGeek]

How was the down climb - and up climb - of the falls in the connecting canyon that leads to the corridor? Photo 9 in your series. Corridor remains one of our favorites.

Maybe you meant photo 8?  That was the hardest part.  You can't see in the photo but it widens out to the right, so you can get up on that ledge.  IIRC we used a handline up and down - there were 4 of us so easy to do - just as a measure of safety, but if you can get down OK you can probably get back up.  But if you're solo, that would be a hard place to get any kind of rescue signal out.

Here's the climb.  Note the climber's legs at the top.  That person is an excellent climber btw.  The photo makes it look a bit more vertical than my memory.  You have to go up the smoothed and curvy chute / crack to the right of the climber.

[ski3pin]

Thanks for all the information on the climb! We went up and down it a few years past and I was wanting your more recent perspective.

[MojaveGeek]

Thanks for all the information on the climb! We went up and down it a few years past and I was wanting your more recent perspective.

Also I saw your blog post (referenced elsewhere) about Redwall. So would not have been an issue for you. It is really hard to judge people's skill level until you've hiked with them, or followed some route of theirs and seen how it compares with your own comfort level!

[ski3pin]

MojaveGeek, yes I meant photo 8. Thank you for catching my error.

[John Morrow]

Thanks for all the information on the climb! We went up and down it a few years past and I was wanting your more recent perspective.

Also I saw your blog post (referenced elsewhere) about Redwall.  So would not have been an issue for you.  It is really hard to judge people's skill level until you've hiked with them, or followed some route of theirs and seen how it compares with your own comfort level!

This is so true!  It also is an issue when trying to glean difficulty from someone else's trip report!  Heck, can be an issue even within oneself given confidence and strength from day to day...

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