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Glad you enjoyed watching! It has been a very very dry winter down here so presently little to no water. BUT, we are expected to get quite a bit of rain this week which should fill these canyons and leave quite a bit of water for the next few weeks!

Although a bit awkward to descend a chimney in general, this is not terrible. Plenty of spots for your feet and it's only about 10 feet. It probably looks more difficult than it is.

According to my topo they are Hieroglyphs. Being that the main image is a map, they would be representing an esoteric idea, making them hieroglyphics. This is all based on limited info on these images so there is a good chance the mapmaker and myself could be mistaken. I'd love any other information on these in particular!

Thanks, man. I enjoyed your survival vid!

Sedona is a really amazing and beautiful place! Nothing like it.

End of September. Water was a little chilly but not bad.

Thanks!! It was such a great trip.

We used a variety of resources here; an excerpt from 'Grand Canyon Summits Select' by the Tomasi Brothers, beta from Mountain Project, and my secret weapon - a partner who has done the route before. Our plan was to climb the NE Arete in which we sourced all that beta from Mountain Project.

That's cool, the lines you have drawn on Dana butte get my attention the most. Where did these come from? We put up a new route on the East face of little Dana (unnamed summit north of Dana) and the only people i know that have approached both sides of the ridgeline connecting Dana with the mainland in hopes of traversing it are Jim Ohlman and Ken Walters - the 2 that have climbed the most Grand Canyon summits. Anyways, good luck going after Zoro again and hope you get it!

@@333funklove I now realize you're referencing the map @0:26, sorry for the confusion. This is actually the Harvey Butchart map hanging in the Backcountry office. The lines are all treks that he had done over the years. That's super cool about your new route though - I'd love more info on that. The approach itself looks like an adventure of its own!

@@slammyg6866 That's quite interesting that they're calling that map Harvey's. It's totally inaccurate compared to what he really did. I haven't looked at it in the back country office, but just pulled up other images online of other sections of that map. It shows a line climbing Geikie peak and Scylla, which he never did. I climbed Geikie in 2015 with P Tomasi and S Peters, and we were probably the 3rd party to ever do it. Following J Ohlman K Walters and D Buchello in 1977, and then an ascent by A Doty and S Baxter shortly after. Harvey also never climbed Dana as far as i know. One of my friends is a back country ranger at south rim who i've climbed with in GC, i'll have to ask him what's going on with that. Oh yeah, and sorry, but i'm just a super geek about GC exploration and have focused more there than anywhere else for the last 26 years.

Thanks for sharing Keith, it really is fascinating to hear about the Canyon's history from those who have seen more of it than I have and adventured below the rim with other experienced canyon hikers. I am constantly learning more about the Canyon and it's history and will likely reach out to you in the future. My climbing partner and I were actually talking about Geiki and Scylla a few weeks ago, I'd be interested in learning more about your route! Thanks again for sharing, I really do love being educated on this stuff.