Lost Creek and SA Falls with 'everyday'
Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 3:17 pm
Torrey ('everyday' on these forums) and I went canyoneering in Icehouse Canyon, descending a canyon I'd gone down a year or two ago. When I first did it, CMC-OC and I downclimbed the first two stages of the rappel, and then bypassed the vertical third stage. This time, we rapped the whole thing. It's a really nice, very quiet canyon. Great for her first canyon and first time rappelling!
The next day, we headed out to San Antonio Falls and she got to experience wet canyoneering for the first time. She had a blast. Her attitude is in the right place.
Lost Creek: http://www.summitpost.org/lost-creek-3aii/727311
Pics:
The bottom of the canyon. The rappel goes from behind that fin of rock on the left, and ends on the ground on the right or something. You know what I mean.
Kellys Camp spring is flowing! This spring is at the top of Lost Creek. Go down the canyon and well... duh.
Torrey in the canyon
Telegraph Peak looking nice as always
Torrey rappeling down for the first time in her life.
Some pics showing down. I can't tell too well because the Photobucket thumbnails are, well, thumbnail sized. My yellow rope bag is in the pic.
Tried using a link as a belay device. It's difficult. It may not be screwed shut in the photo, but believe me... it ain't coming undone. (I'm sure some dork will post this on SuperTopo or something... go for it, I'll post a pic of my butthole or something. Get a life, tossers.) I used one of them fancy 30 kilonewton rings as a belay device once to see how it would work in a pinch. It gave more friction than a link, but since there's no keeper cable, you run the very easy risk of watching it go way up the rope away from your belay biner and then you get to go really fast! The link was pretty easy to control, but without gloves it was uncomfortable.
3rd stage down.
SAF:
First rapp!
#2, her fave. Other strand is pull strand.
The big one! Going off the anchor on the island.
Fixing up the 2nd to last rapp. Swim trunks and no shirt = comfortable. Humid day.
HIKEUP!!! This is at Adam's store/cafe at Crystal Lake.
The next day, we headed out to San Antonio Falls and she got to experience wet canyoneering for the first time. She had a blast. Her attitude is in the right place.
Lost Creek: http://www.summitpost.org/lost-creek-3aii/727311
Pics:
The bottom of the canyon. The rappel goes from behind that fin of rock on the left, and ends on the ground on the right or something. You know what I mean.
Kellys Camp spring is flowing! This spring is at the top of Lost Creek. Go down the canyon and well... duh.
Torrey in the canyon
Telegraph Peak looking nice as always
Torrey rappeling down for the first time in her life.
Some pics showing down. I can't tell too well because the Photobucket thumbnails are, well, thumbnail sized. My yellow rope bag is in the pic.
Tried using a link as a belay device. It's difficult. It may not be screwed shut in the photo, but believe me... it ain't coming undone. (I'm sure some dork will post this on SuperTopo or something... go for it, I'll post a pic of my butthole or something. Get a life, tossers.) I used one of them fancy 30 kilonewton rings as a belay device once to see how it would work in a pinch. It gave more friction than a link, but since there's no keeper cable, you run the very easy risk of watching it go way up the rope away from your belay biner and then you get to go really fast! The link was pretty easy to control, but without gloves it was uncomfortable.
3rd stage down.
SAF:
First rapp!
#2, her fave. Other strand is pull strand.
The big one! Going off the anchor on the island.
Fixing up the 2nd to last rapp. Swim trunks and no shirt = comfortable. Humid day.
HIKEUP!!! This is at Adam's store/cafe at Crystal Lake.