Escape from Alcatraz

Five of us from Denver decided to undertake Alcatraz as our first canyoneering adventure in October 2014.  Wow! It was a blast, but often referenced by us as 'type two' fun:) A couple of us were experienced climbers, a couple of us were on Alpine Search and Rescue, and our final member had balls of steel - she was awesome and was able to stem many of slots better than the rest of us.  This canyon forced an accelerated learning curve for descent techniques, but somehow we manag......