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| mattmaxon |
Tar Creek - canyoneering-http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=387675Made a quick jaunt down Tar Creek in LPNF on the edge of the Sespe Condor Sanctuary yesterday Thankfully the weather was cooperative (mostly) The area is still recovering from the Piru Fire (10/23/2003) but the brush was not much of a problem (yet) I like the canyon too bad there isn't more of it! Oh well Enjoy! Matt |
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| moppychris |
That look out over the last water fall(right before you went back up) is crazy. One time I saw a search and rescue helicopter hovering right under the fall. The water was flowing off the top pools. Amazing. Tar Creek really looks like something out of the Rockies or Sierras. It is magical.
Was there any water this time of year? |
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| mattmaxon |
Nah nothing I'd go into willingly, you could smell the pools from a ź mile away the water was green and nasty Oddly though at the base of the falls there was a spring fed pool, you could probably drink from with out treatment Matt |
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| edenooch |
Jealous............i really wanted to hike this area after hines peak
I am as to what mr dacey would refer to as "caught slippin" i need a big hike this weekend......im still conditioning but my journeyless latley |
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| platypii |
I absolutely love that place! Easily in my top 3 favorite spots in SoCal. I went on May 30 of this year with a bunch of friends. Did you get to see the condors? They seem to like chilling at the top of the final big rappel.
Incredible how close they get. In fact I was the last one to rappel, and the freaking condors started attacking the rope!! Either they thought it was a snake (which we saw many of in tar creek), or perhaps the condors were hoping for a *ahem* larger meal? 
Besides the condors, the other main attraction in Tar Creek is the epic cliff jumping! 
Speaking of... some of my friends did Eaton Canyon last weekend. By all appearances the fire did not hit it! WOOHOO!! ::happy dance:: |
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| mattmaxon |
Nope no condors .... 
Yeah with my back you'd see another helicopter out there 
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| Zé |
gee Kenny no wonder you busted your ankle, lol. nice jump! | ||||
| platypii |
Haha, okay I guess I deserved that one. In fairness even I'm surprised it took as long as it did for me to break! I'm going stir-crazy from lack of adventures right now. All I can do is post pictures from my glory days 
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| AW |
nice trip...and photos(Condors are such ugly cool dudes and dudettes)...Ze, Im surprised you didnt see that knife edge rifge extending out there for descent 
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| TacoDelRio |
Cool racing condors. | ||||