Eric Holden
09-02-2011, 02:15 PM
My first time Canyoneering report! Having been a rock climber for about 4 years, I have always wanted to do canyoneering. Finally said, "Screw waiting!" I called up a few of my other climbing/adventuring buddies, gave them a list of things the need to bring and found out about Little Santa Anita Canyon.
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This was a first time for all of us. We even brought along a non-climber friend who was stupid enough to accompany us on our virgin decent. His wife packed him a lunch with a "Love you Have fun" card in it.... I never get these things from my wife!!!
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So we knew to expect about 11 rappels. Turns out we had 13, 12 bolted one, off a tree. The second to last Rap was into a pothole that could be up to 13 feet deep. Exit was under cut granite. Luckily it was only about 5ft deep today due to being filled in with sand. Stacked some rocks and made a pile to stand on and get up and over the lip. We had WAY too much gear as I wanted to make sure we didn't come across something we couldn't get past. Our non-climber friend who had never rappelled before got a backup fireman's belay which turned out to be not necessary as I put the fear of god into him about his break hand.
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All in all it was a great day, my love of canyons as increased exponentially and continues every time I read another trip report. Total time was bout 7 hours round trip, only some bumps and scraps, no injuries! We did have some falling rocks from hikers overhead, Helmets for all! Heading out again this weekend!
Frank on drop #3
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Crystal clear pool before I muddied it up.
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Large overhanging rock created a very nice waterfall.
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Slippery Rocks...
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More pictures can be found.
http://www.drunkreddragon.com/images/adventures/LittleSantaAnitaCanyon/index.html
47635
This was a first time for all of us. We even brought along a non-climber friend who was stupid enough to accompany us on our virgin decent. His wife packed him a lunch with a "Love you Have fun" card in it.... I never get these things from my wife!!!
47636
So we knew to expect about 11 rappels. Turns out we had 13, 12 bolted one, off a tree. The second to last Rap was into a pothole that could be up to 13 feet deep. Exit was under cut granite. Luckily it was only about 5ft deep today due to being filled in with sand. Stacked some rocks and made a pile to stand on and get up and over the lip. We had WAY too much gear as I wanted to make sure we didn't come across something we couldn't get past. Our non-climber friend who had never rappelled before got a backup fireman's belay which turned out to be not necessary as I put the fear of god into him about his break hand.
47637
All in all it was a great day, my love of canyons as increased exponentially and continues every time I read another trip report. Total time was bout 7 hours round trip, only some bumps and scraps, no injuries! We did have some falling rocks from hikers overhead, Helmets for all! Heading out again this weekend!
Frank on drop #3
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Crystal clear pool before I muddied it up.
47639
Large overhanging rock created a very nice waterfall.
47640
Slippery Rocks...
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More pictures can be found.
http://www.drunkreddragon.com/images/adventures/LittleSantaAnitaCanyon/index.html