After my trip to the GTW this year, I got to thinking about the trek across one of more serious rockfalls, and some of the comments that were made by others who witnessed Jon and I traverse the huge boulders, actually I don’t think boulders applies, I my mind I have always considered boulders to be big roundish smooth rocks…..these were far from it, fresh jagged, sharp edges! One false step and you could easily end up with a bloodletting gash…..or worse.
In any event, it reminded me of a post I was going to do last summer.
Mark, Rob and I, hit up one of our local creeks to cool our feet, take some stress off life and maybe catch a few fish. On the way in, I was astonished to see that one of the more familiar landmarks had literally fallen down! Those of you that know the place, know the place.
Here is the scary part, I have been walking under this overhang for many years, I even nicknamed it Turtle Rock because the shape reminded me of a turtle’s head….It also looked like the head of an AT-AT from Star Wars. But every time I walked under it, I got the hee-bee-jee-bees! I would look up and think, man if this thing ever broke off, I would hope that nobody was under it, and quickly get out from its shadow!
HOLY MOLY, I am just darned glad that this happened when no one was around, I am presuming. The sound must have been incredible, as I have heard some rock slides before.
It was still very dangerous traversing the scree, with all the sharp edges jutting straight up, daring you put your hand down. And there are still large sections that have not yet fallen. One huge chunk landed in what used to be a very nice deep pool. It will be very interesting to see how the next BIG rainy season moves this stuff around, if we ever get another big rainy season in S. Cal.
Stuff we just don’t think about, how many hundreds of years, or more, had that rock just hung there……
It’s not just the animals you have to worry about…..
Be Safe out there,
bob
