[at-l] lightening question

[shane at theplacewithnoname.com (Shane Steinkamp)]

> i have a friend who is currently in northern Arizona. I
> received the following lightening questions...

> Question; exactly how to tell when to exit due to
> lightening? (in Walnut Canyon Arizona, if that is
> meaningful to you) One leader says whenever
> lightening is visible, and the other says only if it is
> rainin...

Your location is extremely meaningful to the question.  You should, in fact,
exit ANY canyon if you see lightning up stream.  As you know, in the desert,
canyons fill with water quickly when it rains upstream sometimes.  That is,
after all, why they are canyons...

I think that if I were caught in a canyon, and it were raining, I'd be very
concerned...

Of course, this all depends on which canyon you're in.  I didn't really
appreciate it when, while doing a slot canyon, a buddy said, "Well, do you
realize that if it rains we'll all be dead?"

Shane