21-July 2020 to 1-August 2020: So after taking off my shoes and socks and leaving the backpack and rain poncho behind, I decided to wade barefeet into the pool, which eventually got to chest deep. With very careful and nervous maneuvering, I ultimately made it to the other side of the standing pools and the gorge, but on the other side was nothing more than more bouldery obstacles with what might be a cascade under higher flow. If this was what produced the sound of a waterfall and what was Grizzly Bear Falls, then this was a real disappointment.

So by 7:30am, I now had to scramble back, but now with the pool a little murkier due to me perturbing it, I carefully tried to retrace my steps back to the start of the slot. Then on one fateful step, I managed to slip and dunk into the water thereby getting water into both the Mirrorless camera and the phone.

I knew at this point I was screwed. And the effort wasn’t even justified!

Maybe all the bad decisions in pursuing this waterfall finally caught up with me and I had to respect the limits that Mother Nature threw at me. I even wondered if I saw the Grizzly Bear Falls at all or if that tiny 5ft falls with the rock obstacle further back downstream was it…

• Day 1 (July 21, 2020 – Moab, Utah): “An Awkward Getaway And A Chippy”
• Day 2 (July 22, 2020 – Telluride, Colorado): “Respiratory Taxation”
• Day 3 (July 23, 2020 – Telluride, Colorado): “Risky Requests”
• Day 4 (July 24, 2020 – Aspen, Colorado): “Determined To Succeed”
• Day 5 (July 25, 2020 – Aspen, Colorado): “Dodging The Rain For The Most Part”
• Day 6 (July 26, 2020 – Boulder, Colorado): “Social Distancing Or Lack Thereof”
• Day 7 (July 27, 2020 – Boulder, Colorado): “Rocky Mountain Angst”
• Day 8 (July 28, 2020 – Boulder, Colorado): “Lots of Second Guessing”
• Day 9 (July 29, 2020 – Hill City, South Dakota): “New Adventures In The Plains And The Black Hills”
• Day 10 (July 30, 2020 – Sundance, Wyoming): “Damage Control”
• Day 11 (July 31, 2020 – Wapiti, Wyoming): “Different Worlds”
• Day 12 (August 1, 2020 – Wapiti, Wyoming): “Day One-ish”

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