{"id":5045,"date":"2014-12-15T06:00:39","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T10:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/?p=5045"},"modified":"2014-12-13T13:16:21","modified_gmt":"2014-12-13T17:16:21","slug":"san-rafael-swell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/san-rafael-swell\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"San Rafael Swell"},"content":{"rendered":"

Continuation of discovering this region less known and yet not far from Moab.
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\n1. VivaLaVida on a little-used trail that circumvents Temple Mountain.
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\n2. They are many old uranium mines in the area.
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\n3. They are of course closed.
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\n4. On the other side of Temple Mountain remains the \u00ab\u00a0cabin\u00a0\u00bb which housed miners.
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\n5. Mining access corridor.
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\n6. VivaLaVida going down the beautiful North Temple Wash…
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\n7. … driving in the course of the wash.
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\n8. The output is a little narrow.
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\n9. Splendid petrograph panel in the South Temple Wash.
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\n10. The white dots are not of the same time, just a idiot who shot this exceptional site… The weapons are all over the US, unfortunately.
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\n11. Going to the mouth of another canyon that I will explore the next day, I discovered a source…
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\n12. Late afternoon reflection…
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\n13. Having discovered that the bolts that connect the front axle with suspension springs were loose, I had to make some winching to realign the front axle before tightening… \ud83d\ude09
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\nThe next day I made a big hiking loop, up Little Wild Horse Canyon and back down through Bell Canyon.
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\n14. Silhouette…
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\n15. Entering Little Wild Horse slot canyon.
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\n16. End and deep trench in which we sometimes have to go sideways as it’s so narrow.
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\n17. Some water remains in places.
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\n18. I imagine water flowing into these curves…
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\n19. Labyrinth…
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\n20. Some veining of sandstone are incredible.
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\n21. Going down through Bell Canyon
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\n22. Convergence…
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\n23. Oui, it’s the right way! \ud83d\ude09
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\nAfter this hike, I discovered by chance a nice area that I will present soon. \ud83d\ude00
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