Lower Eaton Canyon - So Cal

[Slipknot]

We did Lower Eaton Canyon around the end ofMarch while the water flow was decent. My buddy put together a short 1:40 videoso I figured that I would share. Once it gets hot down here, this is oneof the few canyons available with water to keep cool.


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Credit Jon Dalton for the video

Here are a few pics

Jon getting some air time



Marty on last rappel

[ilipichicuma]

Awesome! I want to go to there....

[Eric Holden]

Almost went this weekend. One of my favorites. Plus rappelling into bikini clad college girls on the last rap is always a nice end to the day.

[Slipknot]

Yep....all of the college girls seem to find their way to Eaton for sunbathing at the last falls. There is also the entertainment of S&R helicopter hovering over the last to raps to see who needs rescued. You know it is bonehead central when S&R feels the need to do 2 flybys every Saturday and Sunday.

This weekend was a little cool. Did you still forgo the wetsuit?? I have some friends that want to go in the next week or so but wasn't sure how the water was.

[Eric Holden]

Yep....all of the college girls seem to find their way to Eaton for sunbathing at the last falls. There is also the entertainment of S&R helicopter hovering over the last to raps to see who needs rescued. You know it is bonehead central when S&R feels the need to do 2 flybys every Saturday and Sunday.

This weekend was a little cool. Did you still forgo the wetsuit?? I have some friends that want to go in the next week or so but wasn't sure how the water was.

Key word "Almost" did head out there. But personally I would not be wearing a wet suit in this weather.

[joeb]

Nice - how long did it take and did you need to build out anchors along the way?

[Slipknot]

8 hours just taking our time. All natural anchors except for the last rappel that is bolted. This last time through, I noticed that someone finally put in a chain anchor epoxied the rapid link closed. Last year, I came to the last rappel and upon inspecting the webbing, I noticed that somebody cut 3/4 the way through the webbing near the knot with a knife. It was not easily seen but someone apparently thought it was funny. Obviously one of LA's finest decided to cut the webbing while taking a break from spray painting all of the rocks in the area.

[bjp]

Yep....all of the college girls seem to find their way to Eaton for sunbathing at the last falls.

Those are high school girls.

This weekend was a little cool. Did you still forgo the wetsuit?? I have some friends that want to go in the next week or so but wasn't sure how the water was.

As of 5/4, the water was still surprisingly cold, especially for a pretty dry year. Even though it was a hot day, about 2/3 of my group were glad they had more than shorties. I'd probably recommend a shorty for comfort, but it's not like sans wet suit is a safety hazard.