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Jul 4, 2010 at 7:56 am #1626144

Tom Clark
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@tomclark
Locale: East Coast

I just looked at the photos in Flickr lots of great shots!

Jul 7, 2010 at 10:06 am #1626931

Kattt
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@kattt

What a great trip. Sounds like a true adventure. Great pictures as well. Wish I was there.

Jul 7, 2010 at 11:05 am #1626961

Ben Crowell
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@bcrowell
Locale: Southern California

Great pix! You get really impressive depth of field with your pinhole setup. I can see why the Holga has a cult following if you can get results like that.

Jul 7, 2010 at 11:30 am #1626978

Dave T
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@davet

Hey Cameron.

I always love your pics. The Holga-ness is always interesting and often stunning.

Thanks for sharing!

Jul 16, 2010 at 10:18 pm #1629805

Jay Wilkerson
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@creachen
Locale: East Bay

Dave Lutz making it happen on a very fast flowing river…

Gotta love Yosemite….12 nights out so far this year and counting!!!!

Aug 13, 2010 at 5:04 pm #1637326

Keio Ogawa
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@keioogawa
Locale: Sequoia National Park

Well, we went on our trip DOWN the Tuolumne July 6-9, a little more than a week after y'all, and the water levels were PERFECT. Isn't it amazing how that is? My partners had been skeptical, but I knew the levels can go down fast.

The marsh below the Camp was still a marsh, but none of the creek xings were scary, and the lower sections of trail that used to be IN the river were dry. Except for one puddle which I deliberately stepped in as a sacrifice to the river spirits. In my running shoes.

We could see the driftwood above the trail, marking the high water mark, though. And we were grateful.

The upper Waterwheel, IMHO, is more beautiful than the lower 'real' Waterwheel Falls. Perhaps because the granite next to it is flat enough to sit RIGHT NEXT TO IT, and be mesmerized by the two distinct 'wheels'.

PERFECT! Thanks again for your thoughtful posts and photos, it helped our group to gage the water levels and gain confidence.

Aug 13, 2010 at 7:08 pm #1637348

Jeremy Pendrey
BPL Member

@pendrey
Locale: California

Keio: Glad to hear it worked out. Great area. As hard as it was for us in some ways, I enjoyed being there when the river was running so strong, but I can also see why it's better to avoid the risks that go with those conditions.

-Jeremy.

Aug 16, 2010 at 1:36 pm #1637868

Keio Ogawa
BPL Member

@keioogawa
Locale: Sequoia National Park

I prefer trips with 1 epic element. Could be something small like a hailstorm, or a face-plant on the trail. Could be something bigger, hopefully without harm, like a bear rolling your canister down to the meadow, or someone falling in the creek and getting wet, or wind blowing your tent stakes out in the night. There's nothing like something epic to make you feel alive, that you have survived Ma Nature's normal powers: floods, chilling winds, daunting passes, endless terrain with few navigation features… I could do without the mosquitoes but that's all part of it too.

Jan 18, 2012 at 9:49 am #1826218

Chris S
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@bigsea
Locale: Truckee, CA

I was just researching this trip and naturally a google search brought me right to BPL. Thanks for putting this together. Very helpful.

The "I guess they're not sure if this is the visitor center." caption is cracking me up.
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