Myles of Earl
- August 2009
- Simple Living Climb Fly Travel
Myles of Earl from steph davis on Vimeo.
Out in the Utah desert in the Dirty Devil Wash is a secret canyon. Robber’s Roost was one of Butch Cassidy’s cattle rustling hideouts, inaccessible on horseback except by one trail. Remnants of his shelters still remain, along with ancient petroglyphs on the rock walls.
Just above Robber’s Roost, a 600 foot cliff drops straight down to the river bed. Base jumpers can escape by climbing out a narrow slot canyon.
Jumpers, who spend much of our time eluding Park Rangers and unfriendly Native American tribes, can be safe here in the inhospitable desert and jump without persecution. It’s an outlaws’ paradise.
The jump is named “Myles of Earl” in honor of a jumper and pilot who spotted this cliff from the air while searching for remote walls, and then later died in a plane crash over the canyonlands of Utah. Earl never did get to jump this cliff.
Love this one. 🙂
Who is the artist rapping?
A French rapper, MC Solaar, my new favorite artist. The song is called L’auberge du bouleau blanc, from the album Chapitre 7.
FYI – an easier way to escape is by taking the scramble trail to the top. Way quicker than trying to climb up the canyon.