Credit: Jason Price



John Forde

John Forde Credit: Jason Price



Lee Burgess

Lee Burgess Credit: Jason Price

Credit: Jason Price

Credit: Jason Price

Credit: Jason Price

Credit: Jason Price

Credit: Jason Price

Credit: Jason Price

Credit: Jason Price

Credit: Jason Price

Credit: Jason Price

Credit: Jason Price

Credit: Jason Price

Credit: Jason Price

Credit: Jason Price

Credit: Jason Price

Credit: Jason Price

Credit: Jason Price



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Credit: Jason Price

Credit: Jason Price

Credit: M. Volland

Credit: Jason Price

Credit: Jason Price

Credit: Jason Price

Credit: Jason Price

Credit: Jason Price



Front to back: John Forde, Jason Price, Marc Volland, and Lee Burgess.

Front to back: John Forde, Jason Price, Marc Volland, and Lee Burgess. Credit: Jason Price

These are photos from a 2006 trip down the Inner Falls in Yosemite. Below is an overview of the route. We did it in late October, when the falls were dry:We decided to approach the top of the Inner Falls via the old classic Sunnyside Bench Route 5.0. Jason Price looked back once we were out of the gully that begins the route and snapped these photos of John Forde leading and Lee Burgess following.Yosemite Is beautiful in the Fall:Once you reach the base of the second tier, don't hike up too close to the base of the Lost Arrow Chimney or you will have to rap down to the bottom of the upper falls.Once we reached the bottom of the upper falls, we walked around a bit:Once you start walking into the Inner Gorge, it doesn't take long before you reach the rappels. The first two are short ones:Then you reach a double rope, hanging rappel:And now you really feel like you are deep into it.There is a point where you will have to rappel or jump into a beautiful pool. We chose to jump:After having fun in the water, you rap from trees on the west side of the falls:And then scramble to the top of the Lower Falls:At this point, you could possibly make a high profile rap into the Lower Falls. We walked off via the Sunny Side Bench Trail.All in all, it was a great adventure with good friends:I would recommend this to any Yosemite obscurity lover. Just take enough webbing and leaver beaners just in case the rappel stations need to be updated. The bolts looked OK. When we did it, we only left one sling at the station with the big free hanging rap. Take two 50m ropes. Have plastic bags for anything you want to keep dry.Enjoy!MVPhotos by Jason Price