Lower Sigua Falls Redemption Hike

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  Yigo, Guam
Saturday, October 10, 2009

ok... so after 2 months of being P_O ed about not finding Lower Sigua Falls the last time (should have brought a map blog), Joe and I headed out again with a different approach this time... using a map! We bought a guam hiking guidebook and map to navigate through the trails. I can't say that either helped much because the entire hike is Guam's mother nature idea of an ultimate CF but we did get there eventually so thats the main thing!
We started out from another road and hiked 3 hours through trails that had lots of forks, finding several times that we were going in the wrong direction. However we were more familiar with the topography and features so that kept us giong in the right general direction. The hike goes al over the place, through an old WW2 tank farm and down a steep mud sice cliff where we used a rope down into the lower Sigua falls waterfall. A group of reservists from the North Carolina tanker unit followed us on our journey into the abyss. Reaching the mudside cliff and descending it were very strenous and had a very steep slope so getting down to the actual falls was very interesting but a lot of fun. The first falls, Lower Sigua reaches down 70 feet to the pool below. Its about 20 feet deep and maybe 30 wide at the most. But the water felt sooooooo good after 3 hours of Guam's sun shining down on us.
We swam around for about an hour, just relaxing and enjoying pure nature at it's best. We even hiked down the river a bit to find a 2nd waterfall that was a beauty in it's own. The masquito infested river to it was worth the extra hike! Before we left to head back to the car I had to conquer this waterfall. Even though I about wet my pants several times thinking about it, I knew if I didnt jump the falls, I would regret it later and want to come back. I researched this before I did it by the way... there are videos of people doing it online and I read up on it. So im not completely crazy. The hike up and around the waterfall to the top was a little crazy, involved a lot of swordgrass and a steep muddy slope that I chose to "ride" down feet first on my butt. Once that hill was finished the view opened up and I climbed down maybe a 15 foot waterfall CAREFULLY to reach the top of Lower Sigua. Theres no backing down now! No way I was going back up that muddy hill and sawgrass and then down the rope cliff all over again. Only one way down. Time to man up! So looking down.. which is a little necessary to see where your jumping and what to clear did NOT help my confidence one bit! But I took the plunge and it was very worth it. The fall hurt just a bit .. youll see in the video my form wasnt exactly "smooth" haha. So if theres any doubters out there... I HAVE hit puberty as of today! The hike back was a different route but was very similiar to the way there. We encountered a lot of sawgrass, had amazing scenic views of the mountains, and got our fair share of Boonie Mud! copy and paste in your browser to watch..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTJ57wipAn8

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.	WWII Tank	.	.
Might need a tetna shot now	This tank musta been hit!	Nicely preserved	Got a little captin in ya?
Eagle scouts have a project now!	New machete... I know...	Lower Sigua	.
.	Needed a shower	Lower Sigua	.
.	River trail	.	Our random waterfall in the jungle
.	.	.	Upper Sigua Falls
Where we ended up last time	Down the descent	See yaaa	.
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