Eric Holden
09-12-2011, 10:42 AM
Little Santa Anita Canyon - Re-visited
So I wanted to go back to my first canyon and see how the water levels had changed from one trip to the next. Very interesting. The upper half of the canyon had more water, whereas the lower portion dried up sooner than it had on my last trip. The lack of water at the lower parts made for a completely different canyon trip. Instead of simple jumps, down climbing was now required.
I took 3 climber friends with me. 1 very experienced. The only problem we had was a dropped ATC device :facepalm1: that decided to fall in a crack in the granite that made it irretrievable on the second Rappel. Since I have 2 spare rap devices it was no issue, other than money :cry1:. The water was cold :cold: as we started nice and early, but quickly climbed into the mid 80s and warmed us all up nicely. I took pictures of every rappel. A couple could have been down climbed, but since the bolts were there... we used them.
A couple hundred more pictures here (http://www.drunkreddragon.com/images/adventures/LittleSantaAnitaCanyon91111/index.html)
The crew.... I am the big boy on the right.
47871
Rappel #1
47872
Rappel #2
47873
Rappel #3
47874
Rappel #4
47875
Rappel #5
47876
Rappel #6
47877
Rappel #7
47878
Rappel #8
47879
Rappel #9
47880
Rappel #10
47881
Rappel #11
47882
Rappel #12
47883
The crew upon exiting the canyon and back to the car
47884
So I wanted to go back to my first canyon and see how the water levels had changed from one trip to the next. Very interesting. The upper half of the canyon had more water, whereas the lower portion dried up sooner than it had on my last trip. The lack of water at the lower parts made for a completely different canyon trip. Instead of simple jumps, down climbing was now required.
I took 3 climber friends with me. 1 very experienced. The only problem we had was a dropped ATC device :facepalm1: that decided to fall in a crack in the granite that made it irretrievable on the second Rappel. Since I have 2 spare rap devices it was no issue, other than money :cry1:. The water was cold :cold: as we started nice and early, but quickly climbed into the mid 80s and warmed us all up nicely. I took pictures of every rappel. A couple could have been down climbed, but since the bolts were there... we used them.
A couple hundred more pictures here (http://www.drunkreddragon.com/images/adventures/LittleSantaAnitaCanyon91111/index.html)
The crew.... I am the big boy on the right.
47871
Rappel #1
47872
Rappel #2
47873
Rappel #3
47874
Rappel #4
47875
Rappel #5
47876
Rappel #6
47877
Rappel #7
47878
Rappel #8
47879
Rappel #9
47880
Rappel #10
47881
Rappel #11
47882
Rappel #12
47883
The crew upon exiting the canyon and back to the car
47884