We headed up the Mt. Wilson toll road at 8am in a cold fog. The running joke of the morning was pointing out (invisible) landmarks to the people in the group who hadn't been there before (aka "And on your left, you can see Mt Wilson" "Whaah??"). In many places, visibility was maybe 100' or so.
In the canyon, we found slideable pools again (though we did have one minor foot injury, so you still need to go a bit cautiously). I skipped the 2nd to last rappel mostly because I had never taken the bypass trail, and wanted to check it out. The water flow on the last two rappels is strong, but fine. More of an issue is the algae slime, which will be worse by summer. (When is rappelling like wrestling a greased pig? When it's Eaton Canyon in August!)
All photos and video are by NormaR, who graciously helped me out once again with her great photography skill! Somehow she notices wonderful little details that I just stumble past.
( the way, does anyone know how to keep drops off the camera lens? Once water gets on there, wiping the lens just kind of smears it around. It would be impossible to have a dry cloth to clean it each time in a canyon like this.)
Look ma, no hands!
Ta da!
