Rappel from the anchors at Wilson Arch

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Rappel from the anchors at Wilson Arch

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Gearing up to start the climbing on the ridge leading up Wilson Arch. You can see the first two steps that are the 5.3 climbing. The rest is easier slab. Fun, sandy climb. Great rappel. You can just see the arch lit up to the left of center. 5-11-2008

top of the arch

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Alayna Callanan

Jun 22, 2018

“Rappel from the anchors at Wilson Arch”

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Rapping off Wilson arch in the supermoon

Fun simul-rap off of Wilson Arch. We used two 60m ropes with a webbing & rap ring set-up to avoid excessive wear on the arch when retrieving the ropes. With 30m of rope off each side of the arch we had just enough length to make it to ground. This is the webbing setup we used, but with about 10 feet of webbing: http://canyonwiki.com/wiki/index.php/Advanced_Canyoneering_Anchors#Simul-rap

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rap anchors as of March 2014

top of the arch

frictiony slab/think crack part

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Andy (Bag) rappelling down as the moon rises between the window of Wilson Arch.

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Wilson Arch

Wilson Arch topo. A 70 m rope is needed to climb it this way.

Wilson arch regular route - dude standing at start of route. Route follows ridge to left in picture.

Gearing up to start the climbing on the ridge leading up Wilson Arch. You can see the first two steps that are the 5.3 climbing. The rest is easier slab. Fun, sandy climb. Great rappel. You can just see the arch lit up to the left of center. 5-11-2008

Rappel from the anchors at Wilson Arch

top of the arch

The rappel anchors as of June 1, 2018. All the bolts are solid, and did not feel the need to add any webbing to what was already there. We climbed it in approach shoes.

bouldery start, the crappy rock makes it thoughtful

rap of of wilson arch

Regular Route

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Alayna Callanan

Arvada, CO