Sunday, June 24, 2012

canyon calling...


made an expedition to different canyon today. we shared the SR, rode up the mountain and parked the motorbike at the place called chantry flat and hiked a trail to see the sturtevant falls. about 2-mile hike down and 2-mile hike up on the way back. beginners trail.

さあ、今日は山遠征だよ!と言ってもオン・エニー・サンデーごっこじゃないよ。SRをシェアして隣の隣の隣町の山を上ると少し開けたところがパーキングになっていて、そこからはオートバイを停めて歩く。その先には滝があるはず。滝が見たい!珍しく目的を持って歩いてみる。キャノンボールに向けて体力アップという効果も多少狙っている。滝までは下りの3.2キロ、帰りは上り3.2キロ。初心者コース。

since we were gonna park the motorbike and hike, we got a national forest adventure pass.

国立公園内で乗り物を停めて歩く時は、森林公園アドヴェンチャー・パスを購入しよう。

we brought water and sports drink and thought we were well prepared but some of the passing hikers were lightly to heavily equipped which made us a bit nervous. then we saw some people just wearing flip-flaps or old woman in dress shoes we thought it will be ok....

珍しく飲み水やスポーツドリンクを持参して一端のハイカーを気取り意気揚々と下って行くと、結構な重装備のハイカーや本格的な山人とすれ違い軽くビビル。もしかして本格的なトレイルだったのかな?しばらく進むとビーチサンダルの人やドレス来たおばあさんやオシャレ靴のご婦人ともすれ違ったので安心して進む。


1 and 1/4 to the waterfalls but it became a bit uphill from here.

滝まであと2キロほど。でも急にここから上りになり、意気消沈する木村氏。



the trail was mostly shady, green was deep, and the air was so crispy fresh so we didn't get exhausted at all.

しかし緑が深くて空気が美味しいし、木陰の道を歩くのは気持ちいい。上っても下っても全然疲れない。








we crossed the river several times...

川を何度か渡り・・・


and we finally heard the sound of the water falling. shinya hurried his steps.

ついに滝の音が聞こえてきた!足が早まる木村氏。





we stayed at the waterfalls for a while, picked up trash that some people left there and headed back.

しばし滝を楽しみ、人々が滝の周りに散らかしたゴミを拾いながら、いざ戻る。



 rainbow!


 


the last part with steep ups was killer! we heard our thighs crying out.

最後の上りがかなりきつかった!

 we made it! yay!

戻って来たー!
 
on the way back to our workshop. couldn't believe that we were in the woods somewhere in those mountains. it was so refreshing!

チャボに戻る途中。さっきまであの山のどこかを歩いていたなんて信じられない。明日は筋肉痛だろうな。気分爽快!




3 comments:

Hairy Larry said...

Nice hike. An old teacher friend of mine, loved to take people on "waterfall hikes" in Northern California. Parts of your hike remind me of the trails in Squaw Valley in the Spring, with water falling all along the hike. He passed away a few years ago...he'd highly approve of your packing out other peoples trash. I'll have to add your hike to me "to-do" list.

menacing ayu said...

Hairy Larry: either hiking or riding, it's such a pleasure to spend time in the nature. northern california must have a whole new feel that we'd like to experience some day.

Hairy Larry said...

One thing I should add about Squaw Valley, if you poop-out from the hike up you can ride the aerial tram back down. Spring is the best time to go, when the snow melt is feeding the falls, it's really quite nice.