Re: lowering/raising pack with a rope
The few times that I've had to do this, we have used light weight nylon line (parachute cord), stationed two or three people at the top to handle the line...
Edmund Seiders 1999-01-12 14:54:13 #234

lowering/raising pack with a rope
Many of the trail descriptions and trip reports talk about "lowering your pack with a rope" to navigate a steep down- climb that is easy enough without a...
jge@cs.unc.edu 1999-01-12 13:55:21 #233

Re: This ain't no donkey ride
Tom, Very good! Touche! Tom ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eGroup...
GCDoc1@aol.com 1999-01-12 07:31:43 #232

Re: Grand Canyon Hiking Background
WCrisp6870@aol.com wrote: > > Will be spending a week in Kanab in June. Plan on going down > Sowats to Kwagunt Hollow then into Kanab Canyon. Have never...
Coltrin 1999-01-11 21:31:31 #231

Re: 10 Day Trip Completed
Thanks for your post, after many trips in the canyon, I still find myself overcome with emotion when I first glimpse the river. Paulet7110@... wrote: >...
Bruce W. Porter 1999-01-11 18:01:50 #230

Re: 10 Day Trip Completed
I strive to comprehend the incomprehensible. Words fail for there are none that will measure. They say the walls impound her but I beg to differ. I have seen...
Bob Ellis Jr 1999-01-11 16:30:32 #229

Re: 10 Day Trip Completed
Ditch: The Escalante was an amazing test of endurance...hard for a novice hiker like me. This was my first trip into the canyon, my first big back packing...
Paulet7110@aol.com 1999-01-11 10:02:47 #228

Re: Crampons
I have always used the cheap instep crampons. They have been on 7 or 8 different trips and no problems have occurred. Just make sure that your foot is...
Pittypatt@aol.com 1999-01-10 16:28:11 #227

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