Friday December 5th. Trevor, Lee and I went Canyoneering At the Salome "Jug". The trip involved a 2 mile hike from the car, then we put our wetsuits on (Trevor and Lee had a 7mm and I had a 5mm).
We continued our desert hiking for another 1/2 mile then entered the Canyon. The Water was flowing nice and strong for December, thanks to the rain last week. I led Trevor and Lee through the canyon. Trevor wore my head cam. and you can see the video on u-tube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti7Do80SDTU
We had many down climbs and a 65' rappel down a water fall. How cold was it? This cold "-" and nearing the last section of the canyon it became even colder. After about 4 hours of we exited the canyon, but the fun was not over yet. After we striped off our wet suites we had a almost vertical 200 ft climb back to our clothes and trail. That was the hardest part.
After having our muscles freeze from the cold and physically exhausted we had to hike up hill. It took a bit but we all made it. Once at the top of the hill we changed into dry clothes and made the 2 mile hike in the dark back to the car. This was a great trip and we shot off fire works to celebrate.
Special thanks to Josh Parifinik (instructor at SCC) for all of your training and Canyoneering advice.
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