Sequoia National Forest
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86 photos
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Catherine at our Saturday night camp spot. Jay,...
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Joel, Monica and Catherine suit up after eating lunch at...
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Catherine, ready for action at the start of the canyon.
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This place was such a contrast to yesterday: clean but...
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Monica water sliding between two pools.
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Monica, on a slightly bigger slide. This place was like...
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Catherine, sliding down another cascade.
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Monica, in upper Seven Teacups.
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Catherine negotiates a tight slot followed by a downed...
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Joel and Catherine paddle down river.
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Monica floating along.
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Catherine and John floating down Dry Meadow Creek.
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John, all smiles for the day.
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First optional jump. We had the choice of jumping off...
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Here starts Seven Teacups proper. The canyon gets its...
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Joel slides into the first teacup. Monica and Catherine watch.
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Catherine and Monica watch Joel slide into the first...
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Catherine, taking an optional jump into the second...
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Joel power slides down from the second to the third...
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Sometimes I don't always get the desired effect from my...
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Monica, giving us her scared pose.
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Monica preemptively holding her nose as she slides into...
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Catherine, on rappel, kneeling on the lip of the falls...
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Catherine on rappel into the fourth teacup. This one...
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Monica hip-sliding down a bumpy mossy cascade with some...
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Catherine and Monica warm themselves like seabirds on a...
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Catherine, photographing on rappel takes this shot of...
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Catherine takes a shot from, apparently, inside a...
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Monica rappelling between the fourth and fifth teacup. ...
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Monica, inside a waterfall. John looks from above.
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Somewhere in there is a purple helmet. Monica, almost...
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The rest of the teacups in front of us. I'm not sure at...
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Monica swims across the 5th teacup while Joel sorts the...
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John, ready for the rappel through the waterfall.
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John, lowering himself into the falls.
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Keep your head down!
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John, inside the waterfall.
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John, almost at the bottom.
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John, at the end of the rappel. I decided to just stay...
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John, ferrying himself across the 5th teacup.
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John and Joel get ready to send John down the next...
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John goes over the falls.
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Catherine, jumping off the falls into Teacup #6. There...
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Monica checking out the drop into Teacup #7.
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Monica jumps into Teacup #7 while John looks on.
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John and Joel rig the rope for the big 60 foot rap into...
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Monica, warming up in the sun.
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Catherine rappelling into the swirling whirlpool of death.
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The Swirling Whirlpool of Death is a bit of a misnomer:...
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Catherine, looking back up the falls from the Swirling...
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Monica rappelling into the Swirling Whirlpool of Death.
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Monica standing in the Swirling Whirlpool of Death.
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Joel, making a face appropriate for the Swirling...
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The 60 foot waterfall with the SWoD at the bottom.
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John and Joel stow the rope after the 60 foot rappel.
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Joel, swimming down canyon. At this point, we are past...
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Joel at the top of the fourth rappel.
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John at the top of the 5th rappel. Monica gets ready to rappel.
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The canyon ahead. The wall in the background (with...
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Catherine, on rappel, snaps a shot of John and Monica at...
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Monica, nearing the end of the 5th rappel which briefly...
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Catherine on rappel number six. This was a fun rappel...
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Joel, Catherine and Monica at the base of the final and...
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Catherine doing the power slide, with God beams coming...
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Falls feeding this final major pool before the...
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John, having fun doing laps on the dry slide.
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Catherine, on the seventh and final rappel.
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Disappearing into the shadows...
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Monica on the last rappel.
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This last rappel was a little tricky because it required...
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Monica swimming out through the last of the passageways...
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Monica, swimming along.
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Catherine, sitting on the final lip before the Kern River.
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John, standing on a sand bar in the Kern River. Last...
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Catherine, getting ready to slide down the last slide in...
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Joel on the last water slide. Sadly, Monica, the...
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Joel turning right at a critical moment, to avoid...
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Catherine, standing in the Kern River.
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John and Catherine, at the end of the Seven Teacups.
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Team shot: Catherine, Monica, Joel and John.
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The last water slide, and lower Dry Meadow Creek gorge from afar.
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The team hikes out along the well-maintained NFS trail...
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Monica, at the Johnsondale Bridge, where our car shuttle...
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A blurry shot, but included for Catherine's bridge...
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Catherine and Joel on the Johnsondale Bridge.
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Back at the upper trailhead: sorting gear, packing the...