Caramba falls

[Hikin_Jim]

Hey, look before you leap! As I recall, I went down a ways and there was one pool where it looked like if you got in you'd be hard pressed to get back out...

Yeah, the middle pool is a "keeper." (it keeps you). The upper pool (nice but small) and the lower pool (biggest) are easy in and out.

HJ

[Perry]

Can you jump from the middle pool to the lower pool, or are you truly stuck?

[Perry]

Maybe this is a bad idea, but what if a few of us took a long sturdy rope, tied some knots in it so it's really easy to grab from the water, and did the "middle pool challenge." See if you can get out without using the rope... I've never been to Caramba myself, so I can't really say whether this is a good fun low-risk activity or a really bad idea. A harness and pulley system would be safer. (+helmet)

[Hikin_Jim]

I bet Bluerail could do it if I tossed him like a bean bag onto the upper lip.

HJ

[HH8]

I bet Bluerail could do it if I tossed him like a bean bag onto the upper lip.

HJ

He's such a desert rat his body would repel the water and he'd bounce out

[Jill G]

We went to Sam Fink Pk and then swimming at Caramba yesterday 7/21/12. Went up from Devil's Slide to Laws Trail, out to the Caramba Overlook then xctry/use trial to Sam Fink & back to Caramba to sun & SWIM.
Less flow than 2 weeks ago but you can definitely swim in either the upper "punchbowl" or the lower pool.

[Hikin_Jim]

He's such a desert rat his body would repel the water and he'd bounce out

Now there's a visual.

HJ

[Hikin_Jim]

We went to Sam Fink Pk and then swimming at Caramba yesterday 7/21/12. Went up from Devil's Slide to Laws Trail, out to the Caramba Overlook then xctry/use trial to Sam Fink & back to Caramba to sun & SWIM.
Less flow than 2 weeks ago but you can definitely swim in either the upper "punchbowl" or the lower pool.

Sounds like cool stuff. Got any pix?

HJ