At this point we run into some Aussie cavers who were very excited to see our helmets and ropes...

At this point we run into some Aussie cavers who were very excited to see our helmets and ropes and excitedly related their experience watching a group of canyoneers make the final 500 foot rappel sequence out of Heaps Canyon the day before. The Aussies are interested in doing a little canyoneering on their vacation, perhaps The Subway or Das Boot. We have to let them know that Heaps is a canyon for hard men only, consisting of forty rappels, at which point one of the Aussies exclaim "forty abseils!!?" as his eyes bug out of his head. It was a funny moment.

Location
Zion National Park
Photographer
John Hovell
Date taken