That's the message I put out to try to get people to join me in this year's ritualistic annual Christmas tunnel walk.
1. I showed up early to discover that workers were putting in hot water pipes along the river, right in front of our entry point. So it was decided to start from upstream and work our way down here, because what are the workers going to do if they see us coming out: turn us back?
2. We met at a big anonymous train station.
3. When we got to the upper entrance, someone had set up a Christmas tree! Well, a tripod with bottles of liquor underneath.
4. We entered what we call the Bone Tunnel, only to find workers had installed lights and seemed to be dredging the streambed.
5. This is as far as I got before the water got too deep for my rubber boots.
6. Then we ran into Santa Claus himself.
7. He was down here to do some killing.
8. Got a problem with that?
9. A sixth member of our group was arriving late so I had to go aboveground to get her.
10. Next we started the 1.5-kilometer walk downstream to the river.
11. Stopping for fireworks of course.
12. Santa dueled with another member of our group.
13. Roman candles are fun, but the ones you just set up on the ground and watch sparks come out of aren't.
14. Unless you throw them.
15. Gotta have good timing though.
After that, my camera battery died. We emerged at the river around 5:30 to find the workers still there. They didn't notice us and we had to climb over steaming hot pipes to escape.