Exploring the Cave of Munits in El Escorpion Park on Dec 9, 2012

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Google Earth view of our route, looking from the north-east. The neighborhood of Bell Canyon is at the upper-right. Our track is in green. We started at the white arrow and hiked clockwise.
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Google Earth view of our route, looking from the south-west, with the San Fernando Valley in the background. Our track is in green. We started at the white arrow.
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Google Earth view of our route, looking from the south. Our track is in green. The track ends at the bottom of the cave and restarts at the top.
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Starting off from the Vanowen Street Trailhead
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We're starting to climb...
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... and it's getting pretty steep...
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... here we are at the entrance to the cave.
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The entryway was the hardest part
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Giving the dog, Kelsey, a hand up
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Now Kelsey is gonig to greet everyone as they come up!
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There are a couple of climbers with their ropes inside the cave
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The climber is about to come down
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See the climber? Maybe wearing black in a cave isn't the easiest way to be noticed!
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The main chamber, sans climber on the wall
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We continue up and out the top of the cave
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A side cave it close to pitch black!
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Climbing up and out(ward)
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Still more to climb!
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