Photos
... from a canyoneering trip into Salome Jug (Page 1)
When I came back to Arizona for a visit in May 2003, Steve and Chad had planned a trip to the famous Salome Jug. Since my first excursion into this unique canyon didn't went as planned, I joined these two guys, and we had a funny and interesting day, spending most of the time in the water.
We started the evening before we wanted to enter the canyon, in order to have enough time the next day. We spent the night on some undevelopped campground north of Theodore Roosevelt Lake.
) Our campsite in the early morning, before to moved on to the Salome Jug. |
) A view over the area where The Jug is located. Somewhere in the background is Theodore Roosevelt Lake. |
) On our hike we met one of the typical Arizona desert inhabitants: a Gila Monster. |
) Chad (left) and myself enjoying the views over the canyon where we will hike and swim in the next few hours. (Photo © 2003 Steve Newcomb) |
) A typical scenery along the upper part of the canyon ... |
) ... where the water is already deep enough to swim through. (Photo © 2003 Steve Newcomb) |
) Steve (left) and myself somwhere in the middle of the hike, still before the interesting part starts. (Photo © 2003 Steve Newcomb) |
) Continuing on downstream through deep water. (Photo © 2003 Steve Newcomb) |
) Here we try to warm up our bodies on the rocks. (Photo © 2003 Steve Newcomb) |
) Now the fun begins: Steve just came down the waterslide in the background. (Photo © 2003 Steve Newcomb) |
) And this is me just before the "point of no return", where the current gets stronger and the canyon narrower. (Photo © 2003 Steve Newcomb) |
) One - Two - Three - Go! (Photo © 2003 Chad Brown) |
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