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The recent cold spell must have brought some more moisture to the Sierra Anchas because there was much more water in the canyon than what previous triplogs reported. I was wearing a full 3mm wetsuit, so I was good and my buddy seemed fine in his shorty but his friend was rather cold going without... 
There ended up being about a half dozen swimmers/shoulder high waders. We setup a rappel from that cave for that first 'downclimb' and the slides were a blast. The next two short raps were cool, we skipped the Cadillac exit and did the sweet 50ft and 80ft raps before exiting up that drainage on the west side just after the 80-footer. The tall red quartzite walls, rocks fins & spires were very sweet to admire as we walked thru that central section between the two technical sections. That exit canyon has some light bushwhacking and cactus dodging, loads of rock hopping, a loose scree chute, and some light scrambling but nothing too bad. Thanks to Todd Martin for posting this update to his book on his website so we could enjoy most of the technical section and still make an extended loop hike out of it. 
