20110906 Eaton Canyon

TRs for the San Gabriel Mountains.
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Taco
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Yer usual Eaton Canyon trip. We all had a great time! A couple of the pools were shallower than last trip down. The last rapp anchor was made of the kind of webbing you find on backpacks. We replaced it with some green webbing.

A few pics

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One of the Muir Ravines

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Eaton

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Patty and Craig

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This is the first downclimb where you go between the huge rock and the canyon wall. We found an anchor and rapped off that to see if it was better. Nah, not really. Downclimbing was much less awkward and much faster as well.

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Boosh!

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First real rapp

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What-have-you falls

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downclimb

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Whoosh

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Aiiii!

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Woooo!

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Yeeeee!

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My retrievable anchor setup. This is the awkward rapp everyone knows. The webbing was removed by someone and used to make batman ropes for guys who climb up the falls.

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Craig on the 2nd to last falls

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Shoooom

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Patty on the last falls

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Marc on the last rapp


Summitpost Route Page: http://www.summitpost.org/eaton-canyon-3b-iv/741396
Pics: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y222/T ... %20Canyon/

Wee! I want to go again soon!
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Post by Elwood »

Very, very nice. The pictures are particularly refreshing in light of today's 100F + lunchtime hike above Brand Park.
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You ain't kidding. We had HOT breezes flow through the canyon when we got about halfway down. That put it into perspective.
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