Chapter 5: Death Canyon

Since I had given Chantal my word that we would be there to meet on the 23rd, it didn't give us too much time. So to make time, we had driven over night from central Iowa to western South Dakota. Now we decided to do it again, to the Tetons. Man, those 5 hour energy drinks should be called 24 hour energy drinks. I drove all night and never got tired the next day! But the Tetons is where we really needed our energy. After a morning of scoping for wolves on Uhl Hill, we headed for the backcountry permit office (we did briefly see 5 wolves at about 2 km distance). Our first destination was to be a 3 day quest to Death Canyon. This 25 mile quest was relatively uneventful other than some spectacular scenery, Dom's first Pika, and large numbers of Dippers. But it was a much needed warm up for a much more perilous venture to come.

BACK ROAD RAGE!!!!

We went for a dip at 9,000 ft. It was a little nippy (see video).

It was frosty up there, but my -30 bag Thor kept me warm as a bun.