Squeezing Through A Slot Canyon With A Geologist

Team up with geology professor Shawn Willsey as he descends an iconic slot canyon in southern Utah, Leprechaun Canyon. At the end, learn how slot canyons form.
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[@gigistrus490]

Enjoyed watching and learning as there is no way I would think I could do such a hike and not feel terrified. It was almost to scary to watch! Thanks for letting me see something I could never see on my own,.

[@derdin8]

Good Morning! Thanks for a new video Prof. Willsey!

[@Stormy7573]

OMG I saw the title and makes my stomach drop ! Don’t ever get stuck please 🙏🏼 😅!!! This should be an interesting watch 😊 Thanks

[@xwiick]

Thanks for all the hard work on these videos!

[@janavi011]

This is amazing! Thank you.

[@johnrhansonsr]

Growing up in San Diego was always fun. On the mesa overlooking the Pacific Ocean there were erosion points that if followed would take you down to the beach. One in particular was named "Fat man's misery." because if you were not petite you could never reach the beach. Now on that mesa is Torrey Pines Golf Course and I'm sure the "little guys and girls" no longer have a chance to take the shortcut to the beach.

[@marymachunis3778]

This is amazing! Thank you for sharing!

[@JasonKahn]

Amazing video. Felt like what we did this weekend at The Ice Caves in Minnewaska state park NY, the adults were squeezing their way through my 6 year old daughter was just basically walking normal. Beautiful cave system Shawn if you make it back to the area well worth exploring.

[@Zandanga]

Yes ... I was remembering a visit to Mammoth Cave in Kentucky. At one point I had to bend at the waist because of a shelf sticking out on the right and a very low ceiling on the left. That was the closest I came to feeling claustrophobia, which normally doesn't bother me. But, yeah ... very much like caves. 👍

[@tomday7309]

Great video. Beautiful and terrifying all at once!

[@gabsy6443]

I would not feel terrified but totally unprepared 😮

[@Suzieq5446]

I would definitely get into a panic mode in those narrow pathways. I am not that adventurous.

[@Elizabeth-uz1mn]

Wow! Spectacular beauty. (Got a bit claustrophobic though…couldn’t do that myself!)

[@MMeath]

Thank you!!!!!

[@raenbow66]

Good morning! 👌🏼

[@recentparty8369]

What an Ancient burping spot ...

[@skyedog24]

Wow we haven't repelled since we were with a group of scouts of years ago

[@cerberus2881]

Easy enough to see how folks drown in the slow to get out of slots like that!

[@LizWCraftAdd1ct]

NO thank you Shawn. I love looking at rocks but you couldn't pay me a squillion pounds to go in there, ever.

[@BretBerger]

claustrophobia intensifies.

[@johnjConnellan]

How did it get that name?

[@causewaykayak]

He will have to quit smoking

[@susierider55]

Beautiful canyon. Better you going through it than me 🫣. Thank you for the tour. At 11:28, what causes the vertical stripes of different colors on the sandstone…different mineral present in the water that flows over the edge?