Renatomic808
10-11-2012, 03:24 AM
So this is my very first "US Mainland" canyon. Water was definitely colder. I'd say around 40-something deg? Air temp early morning shrunk my junk.. but mid day it got up to 85ish.
This canyon is definitely different and extremely fun. Granite is slippery, but no where near as slippery as the algae covered rocks on Maui. None-the-less, there were tons of slides in the entire canyon. I'd say the water was at a decent level. It is a "medium" level for my tastes.
I loved the huge granite and polished boulders. This canyon was the last thing we had planned for our vacation. I give thanks to "Mojave Silence", who is a good friend of mine, and an awesome guide for taking me and my g/f there. And to Keith.. who i don't know his Bogley user name.. for helping out as well.
One rant i have is that there were bolts that were cut on a very slippery dangerous section. Apparently people cut the bolts and made sure that its a "jump". However, that jump didn't look so safe, considering there was a boulder sitting on the bottom of the pool, that you can't see from the top. A bad landing on that would not be fun. getting a good stance and position for the jump would be difficult because of the slippery rocks. I know there's the whole history of bolt wars.. but if people feel that someone getting hurt or dying is less important than bolts, that are very safe, and well placed, but "look bad"... kind of fires me up a bit.
Pics coming soon
This canyon is definitely different and extremely fun. Granite is slippery, but no where near as slippery as the algae covered rocks on Maui. None-the-less, there were tons of slides in the entire canyon. I'd say the water was at a decent level. It is a "medium" level for my tastes.
I loved the huge granite and polished boulders. This canyon was the last thing we had planned for our vacation. I give thanks to "Mojave Silence", who is a good friend of mine, and an awesome guide for taking me and my g/f there. And to Keith.. who i don't know his Bogley user name.. for helping out as well.
One rant i have is that there were bolts that were cut on a very slippery dangerous section. Apparently people cut the bolts and made sure that its a "jump". However, that jump didn't look so safe, considering there was a boulder sitting on the bottom of the pool, that you can't see from the top. A bad landing on that would not be fun. getting a good stance and position for the jump would be difficult because of the slippery rocks. I know there's the whole history of bolt wars.. but if people feel that someone getting hurt or dying is less important than bolts, that are very safe, and well placed, but "look bad"... kind of fires me up a bit.
Pics coming soon