Conditions:El Salto-20190314014549

Latest:	7 Mar 2019 (6 yrs, 2 mos ago)

Reported by:	Felixrulz (76 reports)
Quality:	Good
Waterflow:	Dry
Wetsuit:	None
Water temperature:
Difficulty:	Easy
Time:

Team: 3 people

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Comments: Party : Emmanuel Sosa, Gerardo Lira and Felix Ossig-Bonanno

One way or another I was returning to the mountains. I was hoping to do another trip Emmanuel and had been pestering him for a couple of weeks, but there always seemed to be something preventing it from happening. Resigning to the fact I'd again be catching busses to canyon alone, I was suprised when last minute Emmanuel recruited Gerardo to join us. Gerardo hadn't abseiled before which was exciting as it's always fun taking new people out. From the start, Emmanuel had been against anything wet and I decided to take them to Laberinto and El Salto. Despite just coming from these routes, it seemed a good choice to take someone who I hadn't meet. It would also give me a chance to rig the tirolesa better. I was picked up early the next morning. Gerardo stopped briefly at a S*Mart to let me get supplies and soon we were parked at the familiar bend in the road. Instead of following the drainage (like last time), we did the optional pitch. Emmanuel went first to belay, and I did my best to instruct in Spanglish. Luckily, Gerardo's English seemed better than my Spanish. Everything went well and after the second pitch of 10m, we were at the tyrolean. I'd borrowed a pulley from Fernando allowing us to avoid the swim. This time, knowing the cable finished well off the ground, I tied the rope to the pulley with a butterfly, leaving about 3m of trail dangling. To this we locked off a descender (Emmanuel had a gri-gri making things easier). Reaching the far side, the person would simply remove their safety, unlock the descender and abseil down. I lowered Emmanuel (extending the anchor and using my ATC), pulling the gear back for Gerado. It worked a lot better than last time. I lowered myself; the 60s were slightly short, but I was close, and unclipped myself from the rope letting allowing me to reach the end. Whilst the others retrieved the rope, I threaded some cord through the mallion attached to the cable and rapped down. Much better than last time :)

Heading through town, we stopped at the mechanic taking photos of the broken bearing and stashing the pulley. Next stop El Salto! We passed the Canadian and American camps before parking. A short jaunt down the wash and we were starring through the natural bridge and down the impressive dryfall (El Salto means big drop). We rigged off the same bolts, leaving the rope fixed for collection once back at the top. The 60m got us all the way to the final drop. Here we used bolts CL. I downclimbed CR again. It was spicier than I recalled! We admired the drop from the bottom for a while, eventually taking the road back up. This time we spotted the pictographs on the wall. A pitty about the graffiti.

Returning to Saltillo, Gerardo and Emmanuel took the mountain route. There was some discussion about which way was faster. I thought this way was undeniably more beautiful. We passed the Hand of God as the road threaded through an impressive canyon. So many places to explore! Going out of their way, I was kindly dropped off in Laguna de Sánchez where I proceeded on foot for the next leg.

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Date	Quality	Waterflow	Wetsuit	Difficulty	Time	Team	Reported by
7 Mar 2019	Good	Dry	None	Easy		3 people	Felixrulz (76 reports)
Comment: Party : Emmanuel Sosa, Gerardo Lira and Felix Ossig-Bonanno One way or another I was returning to the mountains. I was hoping to do another trip Emmanuel and had been pestering him for a couple of weeks, but there always seemed to be something preventing it from happening. Resigning to the fact I'd again be catching busses to canyon alone, I was suprised when last minute Emmanuel recruited Gerardo to join us. Gerardo hadn't abseiled before which was exciting as it's always fun taking new people out. From the start, Emmanuel had been against anything wet and I decided to take them to Laberinto and El Salto. Despite just coming from these routes, it seemed a good choice to take someone who I hadn't meet. It would also give me a chance to rig the tirolesa better. I was picked up early the next morning. Gerardo stopped briefly at a S*Mart to let me get supplies and soon we were parked at the familiar bend in the road. Instead of following the drainage (like last time), we did the optional pitch. Emmanuel went first to belay, and I did my best to instruct in Spanglish. Luckily, Gerardo's English seemed better than my Spanish. Everything went well and after the second pitch of 10m, we were at the tyrolean. I'd borrowed a pulley from Fernando allowing us to avoid the swim. This time, knowing the cable finished well off the ground, I tied the rope to the pulley with a butterfly, leaving about 3m of trail dangling. To this we locked off a descender (Emmanuel had a gri-gri making things easier). Reaching the far side, the person would simply remove their safety, unlock the descender and abseil down. I lowered Emmanuel (extending the anchor and using my ATC), pulling the gear back for Gerado. It worked a lot better than last time. I lowered myself; the 60s were slightly short, but I was close, and unclipped myself from the rope letting allowing me to reach the end. Whilst the others retrieved the rope, I threaded some cord through the mallion attached to the cable and rapped down. Much better than last time :) Heading through town, we stopped at the mechanic taking photos of the broken bearing and stashing the pulley. Next stop El Salto! We passed the Canadian and American camps before parking. A short jaunt down the wash and we were starring through the natural bridge and down the impressive dryfall (El Salto means big drop). We rigged off the same bolts, leaving the rope fixed for collection once back at the top. The 60m got us all the way to the final drop. Here we used bolts CL. I downclimbed CR again. It was spicier than I recalled! We admired the drop from the bottom for a while, eventually taking the road back up. This time we spotted the pictographs on the wall. A pitty about the graffiti. Returning to Saltillo, Gerardo and Emmanuel took the mountain route. There was some discussion about which way was faster. I thought this way was undeniably more beautiful. We passed the Hand of God as the road threaded through an impressive canyon. So many places to explore! Going out of their way, I was kindly dropped off in Laguna de Sánchez where I proceeded on foot for the next leg.
2 Mar 2019 Trip report	Great	Dry	None	Normal		2 people	Felixrulz (76 reports),Fernando (21 reports)
Comment: After canyoning around Potrero Redondo for the week, I walked to Las Adjuntas and then hitched Puerto Genovevo. There is a call tower here and after a week of no contact, I sat there with the midges and organised the w/e. Fernando confirmed he'd be coming and Samuel suggested some good camp spots. I hitched to González and grabbed some fresh food from Donña Kika. I headed towards el Salto running into the Canadian van that had given me a ride a week ago. In the dark, I set up camp nearby. I was almost asleep when they returned. Some Americans joined them around a fire, and when the guitar started to sing, I decided to emerge and join them. A bit of talking, some marshmallows and it was time for bed. I walked out and meet Fernando at the tienda. He was running a bit later than me, and after breakfast it was quite late. But both trips we had planned were short, so it wasn't really a concern. We walked back out past my camp, not following the wash soon past the large boulders and were peering down the dryfall called El Salto. It was an amazing spot. A comercial group was already there, but despite other anchor options we sat there just enjoying were we were. There were bolts everywhere, reaffirming my perspective that bolts should only be used when necessary. There were natural options available. Sitting in the rock over 30 bolts were counted. The best options are CR. One set at river level and another up higher. Both groups used the higher ones. It looked like you could also climb up higher to another anchor and abseil down into the arch. The commercial group used a long rope having ppl rab down either end. Maybe 40m down. So 35ish from the lower set. They then extended the one rope to rap the remainder. They let us use their rope and I found after the initial drop you can scramble to the bottom. The hardest climb CR right at the end. We walked back out having lunch at the car. And drive off to do Laberinto. In town the clutch gave out. We couldn't fix it. Eventually found a mechanic and pushed the car there. Camped in the same spot I'd used the previous night.