I'm tired so I'll keep it brief. A big change from my usually extremely verbose trip reports. Tired. Busy couple of days.
PEEEKSX
Czech that out!
HikeUp
On the hike in
BAM! Drop in.
BAM! Pretty.
BAM! Everybody at the first rappel.
BAM! Miguel.
Stuntin'.
Toss'em rope
BOOSH!
ZIP POW
BADABOOM! Kirk.
ZHOOM! Miguel.
Holy crap this water is cold.
Zewwwwwwwww...
Kirk
BOOM CougarRopes
ZING
Badaboom!
Done!
WTF?
Thanks everyone for the great time! Canyoneering is pretty much pound for pound the most fun someone can have here in the summertime.
Albumz0rz: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y222/T ... 27%20MFLC/
20100827 Middle Fork Lytle Creek Canyoneeeeeering
- cougarmagic
- Posts: 1409
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Taco, you got some really nice shots today! I will supply the necessary verbosity. The Middle Fork of Lytle Creek is a nice half-day canyoneering route. The hike in feels a little longer than other canyons, but at 2 miles I don't expect to garner much sympathy here.
The boys breakfasted on gnats in the morning. I offered them DEET. At first they were reluctant, but with a choice of cancer risk, or small flying insects in your eyes, ears and nostrils, cancer won as the preferable option.
The canyon was fun and relaxed. We all enjoyed the pine forest-y look of it (rare in the San Gabriels - most of our canyons are chapparal). We found about three blackberries, and they were maybe the three best blackberries ever.
Super cold water made up for a warm day (not as hot as we had feared it would be). Once we finished the last rappel, I refilled my Platypus for the hike out. Remembered the dead rattlesnake in the pool above after I drank about half of it. So far, no ill effects. I am hoping I will now develop a rattlesnake toxin immunity.
No adventure near Los Angeles would be complete without finding a large human duke on a nice rock near the stream, which we encountered on the hike out. Thanks humanity - that's super.
Mooooon
canyoneerz
Stinging Nettle evasion!
But don't hate the stinging nettle - it does not hate you
Ryan Raps
Victorious Miguel!
Cougarmagic (TM) brand rope bag
Ryan
X-treme sports!
The boys breakfasted on gnats in the morning. I offered them DEET. At first they were reluctant, but with a choice of cancer risk, or small flying insects in your eyes, ears and nostrils, cancer won as the preferable option.
The canyon was fun and relaxed. We all enjoyed the pine forest-y look of it (rare in the San Gabriels - most of our canyons are chapparal). We found about three blackberries, and they were maybe the three best blackberries ever.
Super cold water made up for a warm day (not as hot as we had feared it would be). Once we finished the last rappel, I refilled my Platypus for the hike out. Remembered the dead rattlesnake in the pool above after I drank about half of it. So far, no ill effects. I am hoping I will now develop a rattlesnake toxin immunity.
No adventure near Los Angeles would be complete without finding a large human duke on a nice rock near the stream, which we encountered on the hike out. Thanks humanity - that's super.
Mooooon
canyoneerz
Stinging Nettle evasion!
But don't hate the stinging nettle - it does not hate you
Ryan Raps
Victorious Miguel!
Cougarmagic (TM) brand rope bag
Ryan
X-treme sports!
- EManBevHills
- Posts: 387
- Joined: Fri Sep 28, 2007 12:40 am
Sure looks like a fun time was had by all.
Hope you were able to avoid the P.O.
Hope you were able to avoid the P.O.
Good thing this guy is completely immune to it.EManBevHills wrote:Sure looks like a fun time was had by all.
Hope you were able to avoid the P.O.