EISPIRATEN

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/

Very cool report and pictures! Looks like fun.

Yush!

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!

EXTREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEM!

TO THE MAX!

Sure looks like a fun time was had by all.
Hope you were able to avoid the P.O.

Cool beans all! Looked like a rappin' good time,

EManBevHills wrote:Sure looks like a fun time was had by all.
Hope you were able to avoid the P.O.

Good thing this guy is completely immune to it.

Nice photos...have to hand it to CougarMagic...difficult to photograph the pool rappel in a good light....and it looks like the pool is mostly filled?

Special shout out on the HERA biner(the blue one) and bag...

The deepest pool was 3.5ft deep or so.