Powell Plateau "Key Springs" Equipment
Doug, You are quite right if you drink the water at "Key Springs"
expect to get stomach growls and the "runs". A good piece of equipment
is an "ear syringe"...
Don Mattox 2000-02-05 10:33:01 #1648
Re: SAR insurance
There is no perfect system. When I hiked Grandview alone 8 years ago, I had
an agreement with a friend back home that if she did not hear from me 24
hours...
firefly 2000-02-05 08:01:33 #1647
Re: Powell Plateau water
Mike and Don --
It was the same in 1990 on my trip with George. We found several
gallons of water in a pothole in the pouroff of the drainage...
Doug Nering 2000-02-04 23:22:15 #1646
Re: SAR insurance
That's true. I understand many people neglected to call when they
came out even though they chose the option. It makes more sense to
have a friend or...
Doug Nering 2000-02-04 22:57:32 #1645
Re: SAR insurance
I have a (spurious??) memory that on a couple of backcountry trips in
the early 70's there was a place on the permit to choose whether or not
one wanted to be...
David Marcus 2000-02-04 12:01:36 #1644
SAR insurance
I know that here in Colorado that a certain
portion of every fishing and hunting license sold goes into a fund for SAR
missions and if one became...
John Dresser 2000-02-04 09:56:17 #1643
Re: fees and insurance on public lands
I doubt they would have picked up the tab for a search and rescue operation but
the airlift is considered to be an ambulance that flies, so most [decent]...
Bob Ribokas 2000-02-04 08:56:28 #1642
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