Pine Creek is a great canyon despite its popularity. The Great Cathedral (a 80 foot rappel into a water-filled chamber with two arches) was very neat, but swimming through the water and floaties that smelled like a Porta-Potty was not so appealing. The deep narrows in the middle are some of the most sculpted I have seen. The highlight was definitely the final rappel- a beautiful 100 foot free drop into a twisted slot with a clear pool, spring and grotto at the bottom. We climbed up into the chamber above and played around for awhile. We all did a neat traverse of the grotto. Lots of frogs on the way out. I hitchhiked with some friendly and hilarious Belgian girls. Upon entering the tunnel they realized they didn't know where the light switch was on their rental car and a frantic conversation in Dutch ensued. The light switch was never found. Later we hiked Angel's Landing since the other three had never been.
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