high water in santa elena
september 2023 · santa elena canyon, rio grande
when the gauge jumps like that, the canyon changes personality. the eddies move. the rock slide gets polite, then it does not.
we scouted from the left, portaged nothing, and got very quiet for about ninety seconds.
camera stayed in the dry bag until the bottom, which is the only honest reason there is no picture of the part worth photographing.