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Descending towards the Dirty Devil River and Angel Cove
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Campsite in Angel Cove, next to a pristine spring
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Prickly Pear Cactus
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Ancient petroglyphs along the Dirty Devil River
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Big wall and the Dirty Devil River
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Cliffs streaked with desert varnish
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Hiking up White Roost
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Looking down into White Roost from the exit route to the rim. You can barely see my tent in the trees.
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Cliffs in White Roost
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Looking down into White Roost from the rim
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Slot canyon at the end of the east fork of White Roost
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Slot canyon at the end of the east fork of White Roost
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Slot at the end of the west fork of White Roost
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White Roost Canyon
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White Roost: Navajo Sandstone cross-bedding -- evidence of ancient sand dunes migrating
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Campsite in the North Fork of Robbers Roost
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Big walls streaked with desert varnish overhead
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Campsite in the North Fork of Robbers Roost
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Looking up the North Fork of Robbers Roost Canyon
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Little Middle Fork of Robbers Roost
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Big pouroff where the slot canyon called "Mindbender" drops off into the main canyon. Technical canyoneers rappel 180 feet down this drop when descending the canyon.
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Little Middle Fork of Robbers Roost
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Big overhanging alcove at the head of North Middle Fork. This is the 100-foot rappel at the end of the slot canyon called "Not Mindbender".
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Wide sandy bottom of Robbers Roost Canyon
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Approaching the Dirty Devil at the mouth of Robbers Roost
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Dirty Devil River
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Looking downstream down the Dirty Devil Canyon
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Looking towards where I just was -- Robbers Roost and its tributaries stretching far into the distance.