Mendocino National Forest
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146 photos
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Chris cleans house during our leisurely breakfast before...
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Monica at our breakfast table, while Christina preps her...
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Before starting, the group hydrates up so we won't have to later.
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Chris pumps us some water from Rattlesnake Creek.
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The crew scrambles over some boulders and through some...
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Chris, trying to stay out of a pool of frog soup.
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Christina avoiding getting wet, for now.
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Christina slides over a boulder in upper Conda Coolero.
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John, taking a swim in the first swimming hole.
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Chris contemplates a jump, while Christina looks a...
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Slash! Chris hits the water. I guess this means I took...
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Chris, swimming for shore in the first pool we...
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John getting ready for a dive while Christina puts her...
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Splash! John hits the water. Hmm, guess the camera is...
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Chris finds a pleasant little cave/alcove with some...
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Chris, Monica and Christina work their way down a...
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Monica thinks about maybe jumping while Christina swims...
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Floating on my back, while Chris swims and Monica enters...
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Monica, making particularly sure she doesn't swallow any...
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The river we descended normally has much higher flow,...
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Monica hanging out in the water.
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Slightly closer shot.
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Christina in upper Conda Coolero.
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Sliding down the watercourse into the next pool. Monica...
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Monica dipping her legs in teh water while Christina...
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Monica and Christina, suspended with backpacks like...
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John, Monica and Christina hike down a more open section...
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John testing out a water slide into what almost looked...
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Wheeee!
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Monica tried out the water slide too.
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Looks like it's a popular ride: Christina rides the...
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Monica hops across some boulders.
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Monica, shortly before the first rappel.
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First rappel: about 40 feet into a pleasant pool with a...
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John on the first rappel uses his right hand for...
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John, managing the rope while on rappel.
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John, finishing the first rappel.
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Christina starting the first rappel.
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Christina pausing to smile on rappel.
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Christina finishing the first rappel.
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Christina finishes the first rappel.
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Chris's feet dangle over the edge of the first rappel.
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Chris self-portrait with Monica in the background.
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Monica gets ready to go on rappel.
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Monica on the first rappel.
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Monica rappelling.
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Monica, on the first rappel.
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Monica going over the final lip of the first rappel.
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Monica about to finish the first rappel.
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John, having retrieved the rope, fiddles with the biner...
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John, swimming from the pool.
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John helps Monica stow the rope after the first rappel.
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John retrieves his backpack which had floated off into...
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First waterfall which we had rappelled down.
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Christina staying out of the goo.
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Christina, again.
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The team wades through another pool.
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Monica and Chris look back at Christina.
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Christina on top of a small cliff.
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Monica gives Chris a hand getting down a small waterfall.
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There we go!
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Monica in upper Conda Coolero.
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Chris helps Christina around the same waterfall.
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Still continuing down canyon...
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Swamp thing! Underwater shot of the algae growing in...
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Do lizards shed their skin? Or did this lizard drown...
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Christina, helping to set up the anchor on the second rappel.
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Monica and John double-check Christina's rigging.
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Just hanging out at the top of a pretty 65 foot waterfall.
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A view up-canyon from the second rappel station.
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John, on rappel.
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Don't slip with everyone watching!
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Monica, watching John on the second rappel.
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Christina at the second rappel station.
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Monica rigging herself in for the second rappel.
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Hmmm, I think I remember how this works.
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Monica, looking very serious.
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Is my helmet on straight? :)
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Monica on rappel.
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Monica on rappel, while John gives a fireman's belay...
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Christina starting the second rappel. It's never not...
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Christina, balancing herself on the second rappel.
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Extra style points for this maneuver. Christina on rappel.
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Christina nearing the bottom of the second rap while...
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Water slide! Wheee!
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View of the falls.
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Wait I can do this much better. Wheee!
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Third drop (65 feet) to a pleasant little swimming hole.
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The team sets up the rope.
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Monica rigs the rappel while John double-checks.
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On rappel! John, on the third and final rap. This...
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Wait, the rope is still way too long. Up rope!
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Ok, ready to go for real this time.
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Hmm, still wish I had made the rope a little shorter.
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Geronimo! John, after reaching the end of the rope on...
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Monica gets ready to rappel.
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Monica, starting the third rappel.
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Don't slip on the slime! Monica on rappel.
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Monica jumps off the end of the rope into the 3rd rappel pool.
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Christina, up next gets ready to rappel.
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Christina lowers herself down the final rappel.
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Christina starting the third rappel. This was a little...
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John and Monica watch while Christina gets ready to jump...
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Christina, standing at the edge of the waterfall.
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Splash!
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Hey, look! I can climb back up and do it again, without a rope.
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Wheee!
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Chris treated us not only to normal jumping but fancy...
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The girls watch the boys jump off rocks.
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Hey cool! This ledge is a little bit higher.
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Fun motion blur!
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Chris saved room in his pack for his pair of Jesus Boots...
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Monica's Jesus Boots were apparently knock-offs.
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A rare shot of Jesus Boots underwater. Chris was having...
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Hey look, there's also a water slide. This pool is great!
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Wheeee! The slime slide was the best ride in the park,...
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John, swimming back to shore to jump again.
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Monica, checking out Chris busy taking pictures under water.
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John, having just jumped off a 12 foot ledge.
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John, coming back to the surface.
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Underwater portrait of John and Monica.
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Chris's underwater self-portrait.
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Monica in the pool while John climbs back to the jumping ledge.
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Thumbs up! Chris's left hand. I guess this is the...
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Face first slimy slide! Even more fun than feet first. ...
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John, swimming back to shore to jump again.
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Mommy snake and baby snake. Just regular old garden...
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Hanging out in the pool that we scared the snakes into.
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Chris, another self portrait. I kinda feel bad; I think...
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Swamp thing (Chris) emerges from the gloomy depths of an...
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A dead dragonfly. How sad.
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These were the sorts of quartz veins that characterized...
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Chris and Christina cut around the final waterfall...
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Monica leads the way down the final ramp of the canyon...
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Monica, looking like some sort of superhero perched on a boulder.
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Christina, Chris and Monica at the exit of Conda Coolero.
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It was a strikingly beautiful walk back through "Golden...
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I decided to keep my wetsuit on as protection against...
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Monica on the hike back to the car.
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John, pausing to look at something while the women...
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A view from above our canyon. It seems improbable that...
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John, almost back to the car.
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The grass had all these little sticky seed pods that...
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Christina, packing up and getting ready to leave for San...
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John, having had a good day out.
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Helmet-head combined with river water conspired to do a...