West Hat Creek again
It was a very cold morning. It was probably about 30 degrees or so. I started hiking up the West Hat Creek trail to Paradise Meadows. There was fresh snow on Lassen peak from a recent storm, and that snow was now melting, and the creek was flowing quite strong again. Almost like spring. Except for the cold. Anyway, after a short hike I arrived at the upper waterfall on this creek. Now what? I thought.
It was easy to see that the one and only position to photograph this waterfall was … you guessed it … right in the middle of the creek. Did I say it was a very cold morning? I did not really want to get in that creek, but nonetheless, I reluctantly took off my hiking boots and put on my water shoes. Then I started wading into the creek. Holy crikey! Is that creek cold or what! This was real snow melt from Lassen Peak, and snow melt is always so much colder. If you have stood in a creek flowing from snow melt, you know what I am talking about. I stood in the middle of that creek, and my toes were going numb fast. Wooh! Well, I do have to say though, that it was a very good test for my new tripod. And it held up very well to the coldness. As for my toes, well that is a different story. But I survived without getting hypothermia. haha.