Denny Creek, PNW Fest
Denny Creek is the equivalent of Snoqualmie's less attractive roommate. You don't mind hanging out with her as long as the good looking one is there too, but you certainly wouldn't go out of your way to just hang out with Denny. Well, we had a day to kill, and since nobody was really feeling like driving 3 hours south to Davis creek just for the day, we settled for Denny. It took us about 4 minutes to get there from camp.
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Steven Arhart getting sprinkled on the first rappel in Denny.
This canyon isn't that bad, but it's hard to call it great when there are other goodies so close by. This one never really shuts down into narrows, but rather is exposed to the full sun most of the day. Denny holds its own with a couple of spectacular waterfall rappels, and a lot of spectators dying to be entertained. And with the Arharts around, entertained they were.
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Tom going stealth mode on us. Check out the form. Textbook I tell ya, textbook.
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The beauty shot for the day, Jane getting wet.
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No photoshop here, that’s Mike riding the rainbow.
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Mike getting soaked.
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This canyon’s short, so we gotta get our money’s worth. Mike again, this time getting the full force.
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Bob “I wear a wetsuit, but I ain’t getting wet” Madsen, on the first rappel.
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Steven, not walking on water, but close. He actually is jumping into this pool, but it looks like he is floating.
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Steven on the second rappel. Me on camera duty, not watching my exposure as I dangle over the edge…
After spending inordinate amounts of time in every ounce of water in the canyon, Mike was proclaimed “most likely to get hypothermic” for the day. Seriously, no drop went untouched.
Mike, still wet.
The two waterfalls in Denny really are quite spectacular. The second has a nice rooster tail that begs for a full face shot. I would've expected Roger to successfully get in it's path, but he failed us, as did the rest of the crew. We didn't fail to stick a rope though. Bob volunteered to be the lucky guy to climb back up and around to unstick it. Fortunately, this canyon wasn't super committing, so you can exit the watercourse and climb up and around fairly easy. It was to be the only stuck rope of the week. Well, except that one I forgot to tie a pull cord to, but that doesn't count.
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Mike finishing off the second rappel. Rooster tail on top.
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Yep. It’s wet. So Mike is definitely in it.
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And finally, Bob gets wet for a few seconds.
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The Emperor himself, enjoying a more casual rappel.
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Like Mike. If I could be like Mike…
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Ah yes, there’s Roger. Making his cameo appearance for the day.
Denny was short and sweet. Good thing, because a three hour drive awaited us to arrive at North Cascades National Park, home of the next two days of canyons. Stay tuned, these ones are good 'uns.