Park Rangers Rescue Man in Steep Gully

[MojaveGeek]

Mosaic can be deceptive. I had an "experience" there once. We were trying to get up to Twin Spring, which must be the main watering hole for the Tucki bighorn herd. I think we were actually following one of Digonnets dotted line routes. Anyway we got to the crossover from one of the upper canyon forks to the next one to the west. It was pretty loose as it went up out of the canyon bottom. Two of our party decided to not continue. My friend Eric and I did. He was ahead (as usual) and around a corner when the stuff I was standing on broke off and I started sliding. It was one of those hard slopes with lots of loose stuff on top. I was sliding on my belly, towards a 10 foot + drop off. Everything I grabbed just broke off. Eventually I stopped sliding but felt very unstable. Fortunately Eric heard me and came back and was able to perch on something solid to give me a hand and get off the loose crap.

I ended up fairly scratched up and bloody. We retreated. It would have been dicey had I been on my own.

I have not tried again to get to Twin Spring. Has anyone here made it up there?