Life It’s Funny…
Next Friday I’m going to head for the Last Chance Trail. It connects with The Red Reef & Rose Lion Trails into the Sespe. There also looks to be a low ridge into Bear Mountain before you crest the Topatopa Ridge on the West Side. Most of Bear Mountain, especially Bear Mountain Creek, is considered impenetrable and all of it most people see is the last waterfall roaring into Sespe Creek
The next week is going to be spent acquiring gear, even though the rappelling is going to wait for the rainy months. Then we’re practicing somewhere in Malibu State Park. I’m also buying the kindest rope money can buy, it’s minimum breaking strength is a whopping 9000 lbs. A new digital camera is the toy I’m looking forward to having again. I’m also looking forward to naming a waterfall after myself.
The first few months of fall are going to be full of trips for me. I’m going to take a few trips down Sespe Creek. The big one is a 30 mile tube trip because I have to try my luck with an old inner tube, my guts and Class V rapids. I also am going to explore the western edge of the Sierra Madres, though water is looking scarce. There is a 60 mile creek, with Class V rapids, that cuts through that range but it’s approached as two trips due to impassable manmade objects.
Why? How can I be a professional guide unless I’ve gotten lost there once? It’s kind of a joke but it’s intimidating to cross a mountain on foot and then come down the other side. I should be posting some awesome pics and we’ll keep our fingers crossed for lots of deep pools.
Tags: Bear Mountain, class V rapids, last chance trail, sespe