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  • One of several huge mud puddles on the main road into the Robbers Roost area. Little did we know the area received record rainfall only 3 days earlier. We drove through after careful testing and consideration. width:640;;height:480
  • Stampede! width:640;;height:480
  • Dominic prepares for the 165 foot free rappel down into Alcatraz Canyon. The car is the rappel anchor! width:640;;height:287
  • Looking down into Alcatraz from the top of the rappel. width:360;;height:480
  • Me on rappel. Photo by Dominic. width:301;;height:480
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  • Quickly we reach unavoidable water. width:360;;height:480
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  • About to take the plunge. Photo by Dominic. width:640;;height:407
  • That's cold! Photo by Dominic. width:640;;height:407
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  • Looks like we're going in again! width:360;;height:480
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  • Notice all the debris the recent flood deposited in the canyon. width:360;;height:480
  • Mud anchor? Looks like it but really we're actually using a small chockstone. We had to use quite a bit of webbing here because the anchor wasn't very close to the edge. width:360;;height:480
  • This pothole is a swimmer! width:360;;height:480
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  • Leaving streaks width:360;;height:480
  • Squeezing and tromping through the muck width:360;;height:480
  • Dominic doesn't look like he's having fun. width:360;;height:480
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  • Final swim width:360;;height:480
  • Looking rough at the end of Alcatraz! Photo by Dominic. width:330;;height:480
  • We have escaped Alcatraz! width:360;;height:480
  • Funky mud in the lower part of the canyon width:640;;height:480
  • Heading back to the rim width:640;;height:480
  • Looking toward the head of Alcatraz Canyon width:640;;height:480
  • Top of Alcatraz Canyon at sunset. We pulled away from the cliff a bit to sleep so we couldn't accidentally walk off the edge at night! width:640;;height:480
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