Pittman Creek

Location Description

88 photos

Looking at our drainage from the road Saturday AM. The...
Apparently Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) has gotten...
Boulders visible at the exit of the route. Picture taken...
Beginning the process of suiting up at the entrance to...
Tommer, striking a superhero pose.
A picture of a person taking a picture.
Tommer looks psyched to be on his first canyon adventure.
Jon on a short slide into a pool.
Tommer, Jon, and John downclimb in the water course. ...
Jon begins the first rappel, a slabby descent with a...
Tommer on rappel, with Jon providing a fireman's belay. ...
Tommer and Jon.
John at the top of the waterfall.
John and Monica enjoying the day.
Looking up canyon at the boulders and waterfalls we've...
Monica climbs out of some kind of pothole while John...
Looking down canyon. Eventually, we could see the...
Looking through the spray at the bottom of the 100+ foot rappel.
Monica on the 100+ foot rappel.
Monica continues down.
... pausing to climb over a ledge...
... and finish.
Waterfall without rappellers (though I think Jon's head...
The pool at the bottom of the big falls, just to the...
Tommer on rappel.
Tommer on rappel, with John providing a fireman's.
Jon is the last one down. Jon and John did a great job...
Jon on rappel.
Jon plays in the infinity pool he found. Don't worry -...
John gets ready to power slide!
Whee!
Monica, in basically the exact same point in the slide,...
Tommer goes splash.
and Jon follows suit.
Looking downcanyon. I think the corner of the power...
Monica on rappel, shot 1...
... pausing for a picture...
... shot four.
Another large rappel, again 100+ feet.
Jon on his way down.
John watching Jon.
It's almost bizarre that I have this many photos of Jon...
John treks off downcanyon.
Contemplating a jump (that had already been scouted for depth).
Jon takes off; John and Monica watch.
...and then John follows suit.
Smiles all around!
This jump was very downclimbable, which means it was...
The first of a series of "burst" photos of four of the...
Step 2: the jump
In the air.
I just love the shadow on the rock behind in this one.
Nearing the water...
Kersplash.
More splashy.
Jon's approach to the jump - full speed ahead!
Pushing off.
In the air.
Unlike John, Jon managed to stay basically vertical...
Also crazy: the fact that he seems to be actively...
Crazy mid-air shot (with cool shadow).
No change in position as he hits the water.
Sploosh.
Tommer takes off.
The launch.
Midair.
Tommer was also very straight through the air.
It was fun going through these pictures and seeing the...
Splash.
More splash. As a note, that entire thing took 2 seconds.
Catherine takes off.
The launch.
In the air (bent knees for me).
I swear, every time my picture is taken while jumping...
Yay!
Sploosh.
Brr. Cold down there.
A funny round rock in a pothole near the water. It's...
This photo would be cool if not for the giant sun spot...
John begins a rap with his bag attached to his harness. ...
John on rappel.
Looking up at some small falls.
Terrible picture, but there's the powerhouse! Our route...
Monica on rappel.
Tommer and Jon watch Monica rappel.
The last rap pictured was where the waterfall shown here...
I was trying to take a picture of the waterfall when...
... and then took a picture of the waterfall, as...