Tenaya Canyon

Location Description

50 photos

Monica, at the sign telling hikers "WARNING This is...
John, standing in front of the "Abandon all hope, ye who...
Descending into the first rock bowl.
Climbing over some boulders near the top of the Pywiack Cascades.
Lots of scree and talus above the steep slabs that drop...
Descending the steep rock slabs. Yay for sticky rubber...
Monica, carefully working her way down the slabs.
View of Half Dome from our camp site.
John and his new JetBoil. This thing will boil a cup of...
Note the time stamp: 30 seconds later, water is boiling...
Monica, waiting for dinner to be served.
Waiting for dinner to cook #1.
Waiting for dinner to cook #2.
The next morning: a bit colder.
After camping in Lost Valley, we had maybe a mile of...
At 8:30 in the morning, the sun still was nowhere near...
This photo looks like could have been taken deep in the...
Boulder hopping in Lost Valley. Lost Valley is named...
View into the inner gorge, just above Initial Ledge.
Monica, the photographer.
Blurry shot, but I like the composition and color. ...
Having rappelled into the gorge, we are now even further...
Even in the Inner Gorge, Half Dome is still nearly...
This guy actually did the rappel barefoot. Seemed like...
Barefoot. What could possibly go wrong? Sheesh.
We constructed a rudimentary zip line, anchored at the...
John ready to go through the waterfall (hmm, probably...
For once in my life, could there be a rappel without an...
John rappelling through the waterfall.
Monica, at the bottom of her first waterfall rappel. ...
10:30a.m. in a cold, dark canyon is the perfect time and...
Monica, at the edge of the pool after the Le Conte...
A little wet, but ready to go hiking again.
Walking through the inner gorge.
Finally, sunshine!
Monica the mountaineer.
Careful stepping
Walking along a narrow ledge.
Monica, descending the ledges to the third rappel.
Monica, on the 3rd rappel in the Inner Gorge. I think...
Monica, smiling for the camera.
A beautiful, but freezing pool at the bottom of the...
Monica, starting the fourth rappel.
Monica, on the fourth rappel next to the water slide,...
So, this camera I bought (the Olympus Stylus 1030-SW) is...
Monica in front of the water slide.
Downside of using waterproof camera for underwater...
Monica, enjoying a short rest at the top of a miniature...
A sad, however necessary shot to tell the whole story of...
No fatal accidents for us this time. Victory!