Re: lowering/raising pack with a rope
You may want to take something more robust than the parachute cord. We used it once. It is plenty strong enough but it is so thin that it really cuts into...
Kerntangc@aol.com 1999-01-15 19:02:51 #243

Re: Crampons
Last year we got Ice Walker crampons with nylon straps. They are even more stable if you lace the straps through your boot...
Rtsquyres@aol.com 1999-01-15 12:51:04 #242

Introduction * Long *
Hello All~ New to this goup and wanted to give an introduction. I first fell in love with THE Canyons about 25 years ago when a friend and I travelled there...
ccajmoyer@aol.com 1999-01-14 12:48:46 #241

Re: lowering/raising pack with a rope
4 mil line works well for the pack thing. We use it on the Escalante allot. Makes some feel better whether its need is real or imagined. I...
Bob Ellis Jr 1999-01-14 05:02:03 #240

Re: Scotty's Hollow route
<<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:990113132009.2eac-@...">990113132009.2eac-@... I am currently planning a hike from Toroweap to...
dmarcus@slip.net 1999-01-13 17:43:16 #239

Scotty's Hollow route
I am currently planning a hike from Toroweap to Nankoweap. As I intend to cross Kanab Canyon along the way, I have been searching for routes in and out of...
Alan T. Julliard 1999-01-13 15:20:56 #238

Re: lowering/raising pack with a rope
Remember one of the many scenes of Wiley Coyote throwing something over a cliff and the rope wrapping around his leg and taking him with it? Don't ever wrap...
Alan T. Julliard 1999-01-13 14:53:59 #237

Re: lowering/raising pack with a rope
Just a quick story. Once while lowering packs near Cranberry Canyon on our way to Deer Creek, the packs continued to get caught on the rocks. The two of us...
Mike Hill 1999-01-12 15:15:36 #236

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