by Al Bsharah |
04.11.2009 12:25 PM |
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Decided to head over to Mission Trails today (5 minute drive) and climb some rocks. It was cloudy, but didn't seem heavy enough to turn into rain. Ha. The minute I got to the top...and I'm not exaggerating...I noticed the clouds were much darker than earlier. Then it started sprinking. Of course, all of this happened within about 30 seconds. <laughs> Knowing how "fun" it is to climb down slabs of rock when they're wet, I decided to head back down and try to beat the rain. Then, it started raining. Now we're at the 45 second mark. 15 seconds later I'm digging out my rain coat and looking for a rock to hide under.
Of course, didn't find one until climbing down for 15 minutes or so. Did a little slipping, had some entertaining decisions to make, and made it to a bit of a hiding spot until the rain passed over (about 30 seconds later). Since there was no sun, hanging around and waiting for things to dry was really not an option...even the smallest amount of moisture makes a normally traction-strong rock useless. So...I headed down. After a couple more slabs and plenty of navigation, I made it down.
I was busy trying not to fall off the hill so didn't really get any good shots, but here's a couple and a video for fun. Couldn't stop singing "Slip Slidin' Away"...the entire way down the hill. Ha.
A shot of one of the slabs, slightly wet. Another shot between some rocks about half-way up.
A shot from about half-way up the hill, you can see my truck in the distance.
A video from the same rock formations about half-way up the hill. No, I didn't climb up the face to the left. <laughs>