Zion: Canyoneering

 Another adventure through Zion was a canyoneering day that we booked a month or so in advance. I read about a blogger who had done this and highly recommended it so this was on my list from the get-go. Although, I think I built up my expectations a little to high for this one. I thought we were going to be rock climbing up the canyons and repelling down but we ended up hiking up and repelling down. I guess that makes more sense considering the adventure was "for all levels" of experience. 

We booked through Zion Mountain School and spent the day with the owner and our guide, Mike and his pup who was a pro belayer at Water Canyon. The pup had his own harness and would wrap his paws around Mike's legs to "hold on" on the way down. Mike set up all the ropes and taught us proper technique. We did about 5-6 belays down the canyon and I got some epic pictures.

Not pictured: crashing into the rock wall and falling into the water. On our second to last belay, I got stuck going down the wrong side of the wall, kicked myself off to try and swing to the other side, and ended up slamming into the wall and dropping into the water. The best part is we got it all on video because my co-pilot attached her go-pro to me. Go ahead, you can laugh. 

Right before my descent to doom

The waste-deep water I fell into and walked out of.

At the time, my whole leg went numb so I thought I ruptured a ligament again and had PTSD from my ACL rupture. I gave it a few minutes, dumped out my shoes, wrung my socks, and was able to make it through the rest of the day with a limp and bruised ego. My knee and ankle still aren't quite right so maybe I did tear something but I'm not paying for another MRI nor letting that stop my adventures. I wasn't laughing then, but now I'm laughing with you.