Picture of the week

Into the Chamber of Light

The middle fork of the Blue John slot canyon illuminated by a shaft of light.  The midday light shooting down this particularly deep section was spectacular and made the exploration well worth the effort.

I explored this slot canyon two weeks ago with three other friends during a canyoneering trip through Southwest Utah in the region of Horseshoe Canyon, Poison Springs, and Robbers Roost.  The Blue John slot was made infamous by Aron Ralston who got stuck when a chokestone he was manuvering around shifted and pinned his arm down, requiring him to cut it off in order to free himself.  A good reason why you don't want to do such canyoneering solo.  More images of this canyon are shown below.

You can view some videos for a number of these slot canyon explorations posted to YouTube here.