reward verses risk...
While this spot is beautiful and calm, getting here was way more difficult than I'd bargained for. I mentioned the other day that I stopped just before dark near Canyonville, OR off I-5 to take some pictures of Canyon Creek. The creek crosses under I-5 on it's way down the canyon many times. There are large tunnels at each of the spots and the site of the tunnels are where I go to get down into the ravine. On the right side of this picture the ravine connects to the side of a mountain. This was the first time I'd gone down at this location, I've been to this creek several times before, but at different spots. It's always a bit difficult, because the sides of the ravine are pretty steep and footing is not great, but when it's dry it's manageable.
Well, Friday it was wet, the moss, leaves, rocks, and it was all slippery and loose. I proceeded cautiously but my footing kept giving way, finally I slipped, fell on my right side, and slide the last six feet to the bottom. I was fine, my camera got a little dirty, but wasn't damaged.
Oh well, I thought, you're here now, take some pictures and then figure out how to get back out. After taking 6 or 7 long exposure pictures at several spots, decided it was time to get out before it got too dark. I was really having problems getting traction and was worried about getting up and then falling off the narrow ridge I'd come in on. I thought about crossing the stream and going up the other side, it didn't have steep drop offs, but was full of briar's, plus, actually what had me the most worried was how slippery the rocks were, even on the banks, and I worried I fall in the stream, which wasn't' deep, but my camera would likely get soaked and I would probably get hurt if I did fall. Anyway, long story here, so what I ended up doing was going up the side I'd come down on, but further up stream, problem was I had to go up very high, and it was a nightmare. Took me about 45 minutes to get out, only about 10 to get in. I didn't have my phone with me, and sure didn't want to spend the night down there, night temps would be well below freezing and all I had on was my jacket and a vest.
I should have been smarter, no picture is worth risking injury or worst for. Thankfully it all worked out fine, and I did get some pretty cool pictures.
The links below are pictures I took from the top before going down.
www.flickr.com/gp/alvinharp/ht1hE4
www.flickr.com/gp/alvinharp/Q8dY21
reward verses risk...
While this spot is beautiful and calm, getting here was way more difficult than I'd bargained for. I mentioned the other day that I stopped just before dark near Canyonville, OR off I-5 to take some pictures of Canyon Creek. The creek crosses under I-5 on it's way down the canyon many times. There are large tunnels at each of the spots and the site of the tunnels are where I go to get down into the ravine. On the right side of this picture the ravine connects to the side of a mountain. This was the first time I'd gone down at this location, I've been to this creek several times before, but at different spots. It's always a bit difficult, because the sides of the ravine are pretty steep and footing is not great, but when it's dry it's manageable.
Well, Friday it was wet, the moss, leaves, rocks, and it was all slippery and loose. I proceeded cautiously but my footing kept giving way, finally I slipped, fell on my right side, and slide the last six feet to the bottom. I was fine, my camera got a little dirty, but wasn't damaged.
Oh well, I thought, you're here now, take some pictures and then figure out how to get back out. After taking 6 or 7 long exposure pictures at several spots, decided it was time to get out before it got too dark. I was really having problems getting traction and was worried about getting up and then falling off the narrow ridge I'd come in on. I thought about crossing the stream and going up the other side, it didn't have steep drop offs, but was full of briar's, plus, actually what had me the most worried was how slippery the rocks were, even on the banks, and I worried I fall in the stream, which wasn't' deep, but my camera would likely get soaked and I would probably get hurt if I did fall. Anyway, long story here, so what I ended up doing was going up the side I'd come down on, but further up stream, problem was I had to go up very high, and it was a nightmare. Took me about 45 minutes to get out, only about 10 to get in. I didn't have my phone with me, and sure didn't want to spend the night down there, night temps would be well below freezing and all I had on was my jacket and a vest.
I should have been smarter, no picture is worth risking injury or worst for. Thankfully it all worked out fine, and I did get some pretty cool pictures.
The links below are pictures I took from the top before going down.
www.flickr.com/gp/alvinharp/ht1hE4
www.flickr.com/gp/alvinharp/Q8dY21