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| Hiking | 3.92 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 3.92 Miles | 2 Hrs 16 Mns | | 1.94 mph |
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| no partners | | Headed down to the heart of this gem via a gnarly drainage that required serious bushwhacking, a handful of exposed downclimbs and your typical logs and rollers like Outlander would say.
It was 6:30 pm when I started my trek so by the time I finally made it into the good part of the gulch the sun was already setting.
I knew I was in for some dark miles heading upstream but I had no idea how tough the battle was going to get!
At one point it made me ask myself why in the f&#k do you put yourself in these positions as I found my largest unexpected obstacle of the night.
A 40-50 ft trickling waterfall was in direct path of my exit out of there, adrenaline kicked in at this point and I found myself scaling up the sketchy vertical wall at the pace of a squirrel.
After what felt like endless amounts of portaging, bushwhacking and wading I finally made it near home base and I literally kissed the gravel of the dirt road! 
With me being me I of course had to go back the following day after torrential rainfall to see that waterfall in its prime but I may have got a little more than what I wanted!
The video below was taken this past Friday and is literally the same place I was hiking inside just 24 hours ago!
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I went to CC Gorge that day instead due to safety and access issues but I came back to the gulch this past Monday and lets just say I timed it perfectly!
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