tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686595.post114352271205879645..comments2023-09-11T05:38:53.334-07:00Comments on Utahiana: Scout Canyoneering Trip on which Nothing Bad HappenedMike Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14994910576075859974noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686595.post-1145644347518414682006-04-21T11:32:00.000-07:002006-04-21T11:32:00.000-07:00I was reading along in Adams' book the other day a...I was reading along in Adams' book the other day and he says, in a different place, that "ding dang dome" is named after numerous failed attempts to reach its' summit. If you ever see it, its basically a pillar of loose crumbley rock.Mike Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14994910576075859974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686595.post-1143766770398253412006-03-30T16:59:00.000-08:002006-03-30T16:59:00.000-08:00Hi, "May be Steve Allen had a better reason", once...Hi, <BR/><BR/>"May be Steve Allen had a better reason", once again, got me in the "I wonder what they were thinking" mode. :)<BR/><BR/>School is going great. Keeping me busy. I love it. Prelims coming up so tied up atleast for another month or two. No complaints though.<BR/><BR/>Problem solving is a hobby (one of my favorites) and my research gives me plenty of opportunities to do that. <BR/><BR/Tap tap tapdohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07853423018250190712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686595.post-1143755748767742722006-03-30T13:55:00.000-08:002006-03-30T13:55:00.000-08:00It was named by Steve Allen who wrote the seminal ...It was named by Steve Allen who wrote the seminal book on Canyoneering the San Rafael Swell (published in 2000, this is still a remote part of the World). From his route description, I think he named it after the <A HREF="http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Ding-Dang-lyrics-Beach-Boys/E8C73A2241CE46A348256985000CF890" REL="nofollow">beach boys' song</A> "Ding Dang"<BR/><BR/>I don't think Mike Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14994910576075859974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686595.post-1143752667613698852006-03-30T13:04:00.000-08:002006-03-30T13:04:00.000-08:00Hi,"Ding and Dang"Any interesting story behind the...Hi,<BR/><BR/>"Ding and Dang"<BR/><BR/>Any interesting story behind the name?<BR/><BR/>Just curious.<BR/><BR/>NavsTap tap tapdohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07853423018250190712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686595.post-1143583105113062272006-03-28T13:58:00.000-08:002006-03-28T13:58:00.000-08:00White rim is the weekend before my birthday circa ...White rim is the weekend before my birthday circa June 18. Thanks for letting us use the bike. <BR/><BR/>For Ding and Dang you can either tie off on the bolt above the falls if you are comfortable with pre drilled bolts or you can tie off on a boulder, which is what we did (someone else was using the bolt). We doubled everything so we used 2 sections of webbing about 6 feet long each to ancher Mike Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14994910576075859974noreply@blogger.com