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Dec 15, 2016 — The notoriously tall free-hanging rappel down to Boy Scout Hot Springs was as fun, beautiful, and scary as we could have hoped. From the Boy Scout Canyon Trailhead, take the wash down until it narrows. On our visit, there was a fixed rope to get down to the top of the rappel. Since we don't have a 350 foot rope, we spliced two ropes together, passing over the knot. After getting onto the lower of the two ropes, my caribiner got stuck locked and I was hanging there figured out what to do - a little terrifying. The rappel was great, but definitely not to be taken lightly. We couldn't communicate at all because of how loud the echoes bounced around, and certianly not a lot of people come this way.
From the base of the rappel, we continued down the canyon to Boy Scout Canyon Hot Springs, and then further to the Colorado River. Along the way, we enjoyed the downc-climbs and rushing water that makes Boy Scout Canyon so interesting. Make sure you leave time for the scramble (Class 3+) out of the canyon. We did not finish before dark (so the photos seen below are from another trip down Boy Scout Canyon a year later), and we got lost for a bit, immediately convinced we were going to have to spend the night in the desert. I left the two options for ascent on the attached map. Eventually, we found our way, pulling the standard Class 3 stuff you usually find in Lake Mead on fairly solid rock, and continued through the desert on a social trail back into Boy Scout Canyon. We grabbed our rope and headed back up the canyon.
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