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Thread: Pinecreek June 8th NOOBFEST
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06-12-2008, 11:40 AM #1
Pinecreek June 8th NOOBFEST
Chabidiah(Chad), chabbies wife (Em), Tyson, Emma, Don, Josh, canyongirl(Steph), and I(Nick) did Pinecreek on Sunday 6/8 for the noobfest.
It was a great group. Don and Josh are awesome. Very funny.
We got on the trail at about 9ish and met up with a group of 3 at the first rap. everything was dry until the cathedral. Chabidiah and I did a simul rap there. Steph went through the arch so she didn't have to get wet and Emma followed. Chad carried Em through the water so she didn't have to get wet either. All the guys wanted to do the "full meal deal" so we all swam that first pool. I added a little back float and noone would follow. The drop after that we decided to stay in the water route and the girls all got rides on the shoulders to stay dry. Hit the second to last rap wet and a little cold wishing there was sun down there.
When Chad set up the last rap the rope ends were about 1 ft off the water, my rope has shrunk a little. The rap was awesome! No matter how many rappels I do I can't shake my fear of heights.
The boulder hopping hike out was longer than I remember but we hit the first pool and Steph and I were in the back we decided to just go through it. Well I saw the trail to the left but didn't tell Steph it was there, she wasn't too mad.
Caught up with Chad, Em, Don, and Josh at a skinnier hole that they were jumping in. Don was using the "kiddie step" Everyone jumped in and then we caught up to Tyson and Emma that had found a snake, cool!
Got to the last jump-in pool at about 1:30. Not too bad for eight people. Had a blast jumping in. A perfect end to a perfect weekend.
Will add pics later. I brought the camera just not the right cable. Hopefully Chabidiah has some pics to post.The man thong is wrong.
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06-12-2008 11:40 AM # ADS
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06-12-2008, 01:02 PM #2
Chabbies wife is now alpinebutterfly. I finally got her to join up. We had a blast meeting some "bogers" and hope to do it again sometime. I will post some pics shortly..
Stop checking my spelling! I know I suck but I amn't in school anymor, so back off.
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06-13-2008, 01:40 PM #3
We had a blast on Pine and the wives loved it too. They were happy about the short approach. Here are some pics..
Stop checking my spelling! I know I suck but I amn't in school anymor, so back off.
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06-13-2008, 02:26 PM #4Stop checking my spelling! I know I suck but I amn't in school anymor, so back off.
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06-13-2008, 02:31 PM #5
here is the link to the video:
http://s276.photobucket.com/albums/k...t=MVI_1483.flvThe man thong is wrong.
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06-13-2008, 02:50 PM #6
Great report i loved the duel rap! I had a great time. It was great getting a chance to meet such good people . Hope to see you all in another canyon. Always up for a climb up AF canyon.
"All we are is a result of what we have thought"
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06-13-2008, 10:33 PM #7
Hey everyone, my name is Em I am Chabidiahs wife. (first time poster) The noobfest was super fun, a ton of fun people and cool canyons. Can't wait to do it again.
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06-13-2008, 10:41 PM #8
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Welcome to the group Em! It was nice meeting you at the fest. I hope you stick around and post and come to more events.
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06-18-2008, 10:35 AM #9
I didn't get any pics of Don, Josh, Emma, or Tyson sorry guys.
Em(alpinebutterfly) in cathedral
Steph(canyongirl) in cathedral. Also a movie of her going around to stay dry. Is that how it is normally done? looks akward.
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Chad(chabidiah) carrying Em. All the girls got a ride on this part. Chad also carried Em in the cathedral, what a sweetheart!
Em on last rap
Steph going down
Nick and Chad having fun at the end. In the pic with me doing a retarded wannabe flip if you look behind my and up to the left a little you can see sand on the rock. Chad was throwing sand up from behind and we would slide on the sand into the water, fun stuff. Chad also got a little flat rock and tried to "skateboard" down the rock. He came off the rockboard and was running down looking back at the rock like "WTF was I thinking. I hope that rock doesn't hit me in the head". very funny, at the time.
The man thong is wrong.
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06-18-2008, 11:18 AM #10Originally Posted by alpine butterfly
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01-05-2010, 05:40 AM #11
Those are some great pictures! I really want to do this canyon. It looks like a lot of fun! We will have to do it during the summer when it is warmer though. All that water sounds cold to me!
Murphy's Law: "If anything can go wrong, it will."
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01-05-2010, 08:27 AM #12
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Welcome to the Group!
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01-05-2010, 01:39 PM #13
You have to pinecreek just after a rainfall. Different environment, completely flooded, just incredible! It's still fun when it's dry, but completely flooded is best.
BTW - do most people continue on down after the final free-rappel down to the big swimhole, or do most escape and climb up the hill to the road, just after?
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01-05-2010, 03:01 PM #14Originally Posted by jman
There's two ways outta there after the final rap:
1. take the CLOSED trail up onto the shoulder and a long way across rugged terrain to the upper switchback at the road. It is closed because it crosses some rugged places where the trail was making ugly scars, and stabilizing the trial in these places would be very difficult.
2. boulder-hop down the canyon, weaving in and out for about an hour, sometimes two hours, to a large pool with a BIG rock upstream - the Pine Creek swimming hole. From here, a trail exits left up to the road at the second switchback.
As the first one is closed, it should only be used in REAL emergencies. A jump into the swimming hole is often a good idea, though there are two rocks down there barely visible from above, that one has to jump inbetween.
Tom
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01-05-2010, 03:01 PM #15
November 2009: In a thin wetsuit, the day after it's flooded, one freezes ones knackers off, the whole route, and changes into (hopefully) dry clothes after the last rap, and make ones way to the hairpin on the scree slope.
Upon which one hopes ones car will start, so as to offer a small offering of warmth.
The swimhole can disappear up its own arse after a freezing trip like that!
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01-05-2010, 03:49 PM #16Originally Posted by Ratagonia
Besides, that swimhole is great even if you are not doing any canyons and have a few hours to waste. Park at the "parking lot" at the hair-pin curve, and walk down the trail on the otherside of the retaining wall. After a 5min walk, you'll be there. Can't get much better than that...
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01-05-2010, 04:39 PM #17Originally Posted by jman
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01-05-2010, 04:48 PM #18Originally Posted by jman
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01-05-2010, 04:49 PM #19Originally Posted by ratagonia
I didn't say this in my previous post, but is there a closed sign there? Because if there wasn't, you would think the Rangers would be more aggressive in tackling that social trail "problem".
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01-05-2010, 04:59 PM #20Originally Posted by Iceaxe
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