Strawberry Finale...

After dancing at the revival Sunday morning at Strawberry, I spent the afternoon hiking to the Wapama Falls at Hetch Hetchy dam in Yosemite. Most of my knowledge of the Hetch Hetchy dam has come from researcing David Brower, one of my heroes, whose dieing wish was to remove the Hetch Hetchy dam and restore the valley. There is a great movement to do so with several organizations involved, including the group Restore Hetch Hetchy. Needless to say, I had a lot to ponder during this 5 mile hike.

With the previous weeks rainfall, followed by warm weather melting the High Sierra snow packs, the falls were going full force. We all got quite wet walking past and below the falls. Most people were somewhat screaming, including myself, as they ran past the falls. The screaming did not stem from the cold water drenching people but from the sense of power felt from the water rushing at you and the feeling that it just wasn't right to be standing next to and so close to that power.

Here is a video I took of one of the smaller spurts of the falls. This was the only fall tame enough for my camera to capture.


It was quite warm this day and we got thirsty on the way. (This one is for you bro)