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Phoca Creek Canyoneer 5-14-16

Always an adventure when Keith and I hit the forest. This time we’re looking for a drainage Keith’s had his eye on, spotting falls from I84. Well, we found, and dropped one of two forks of this drainage Keith calls Phoca Creek. I think we had 4-rappels…three of them were water falls. Pretty area except for the 1.9 mile walk of shame along the busy old scenic hwy…..

Rap one…down towards the top of the drainage…
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Interesting bank texture…looks like a giant exposed aggregate pattern.
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Where this drainage comes from…underground.
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Waterfall rap…
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Keith throwing the rope bag off the top of the next waterfall…
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Not much water…
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Heading down the gully of boulders….
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Looking back up at the falls, we noticed a separate small falls over to the left…
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More steep bouldery junk…
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Looking back up a beautiful gully of boulders…
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