Alder Creek 5 of 5
 
Join James and myself on an adventure into the Sespe Wilderness, within the Los Padres National Forest. July 19-20, 2002.

   
07/19/02 16:23,
James descends.
07/19/02 16:23,
Climbing down back to rest.
07/19/02 16:28,
Signature
07/19/02 16:30,
Others, but not too many.
07/19/02 16:31,
Nice logo.
07/19/02 17:20,
Am I on level ground?
07/19/02 17:20,
Home for tonight.
07/19/02 17:24,
Under the Oak.
07/19/02 17:24,
James found this space debris.
07/19/02 17:25,
Northeast.
07/19/02 17:28,
The upper fork was dry.
07/19/02 17:28,
Listen
07/19/02 20:47,
Too bright!
07/20/02 6:32,
Waking up.
07/20/02 7:50,
One last look before we go.
07/20/02 7:51,
Across the creek.
07/20/02 7:52,
Scale.
07/20/02 7:55,
Early light.
07/20/02 8:03,
Canyon sunrise.
07/20/02 8:03,
Home James.
07/20/02 8:23,
Fleeting pool.
07/20/02 8:28,
Baby Caves.
07/20/02 8:38,
Return to red path.
07/20/02 8:38,
Greeting the day along the high road.
07/20/02 8:38,
Red kerchief boy.
07/20/02 8:49,
This way?
07/20/02 8:56,
Mortar hole, hiking pole for scale.
07/20/02 8:56,
More holes above junction gorge.
07/20/02 8:57,
Oasis in the gorge
07/20/02 8:57,
Not the right way, but we made it through.
07/20/02 9:01,
Hidden rose.
07/20/02 9:02,
I took the low road.
07/20/02 9:06,
I hope my pack fits through that channel.
07/20/02 9:26,
A bit further to reach James.
07/20/02 9:26,
Just over that red ridge.
07/20/02 9:28, Emergence, I eventually had to take the high road.
07/20/02 9:43,
Just 6 miles to go.
07/20/02 11:39,
Cow Springs looking good on the way out.
07/20/02 11:41,
Resting atop a USFS stove with 3.5 left.
07/20/02 11:41,
Dreams of Taco Bell.
07/20/02 13:06,
Olly, olly oxen, free, free, free.