Re: Hazard of lowering packs...Packs on the run!
Never lost a pack on a lowering and that is with some pretty big groups where we lowered 16 packs at each route obstacle. Always used 30' or so of the 1/4"...
Bob Marley 2005-02-08 16:45:57 #34585

Re: Hazard of lowering packs...Packs on the run!
I remember two unpleasant pack experiences. The first one was going up and around Steck's "Obstacle Pool" in Jumpup Canyon. My partner didn't want to carry...
Bob Bordasch 2005-02-08 16:01:19 #34584

Re: Sunrise/Sunset in the Canyon
If I'm not mistaken there can be a difference in the sunrise time and the time the sun actually hits the canyon floor. I assume that temperature was the...
pgutkin@optonline.net 2005-02-08 15:36:37 #34583

Re: Hazard of lowering packs...Packs on the run!
Not exactly "on the run" but kind of a "Desert Solitare" story: When I first started going off-trail there wasn't anyone I knew with a similar interest, but...
Doug N 2005-02-08 15:06:38 #34582

Re: Hazard of lowering packs...Packs on the run!
I've mentioned it here before, but it never gets old ;^) BA Camp, I messed up & left some food in my pack, leaning on the pole. 5:00 a.m. the skunk wakes...
deadhead1232000 2005-02-08 14:38:13 #34581

Re: Hazard of lowering packs...Packs on the run!
Another pack(ish) story. Last year my wife and i and some friends went on a week long trip to clear creek. During an afternoon rest at Phantom camp, i...
dbell1@uiuc.edu 2005-02-08 13:32:44 #34580

Hazard of lowering packs...Packs on the run!
Just a couple of pack stories. In 1994 we were taking the Cranberry Route to Deer Creek and found ourselves lowering packs (30 foot) over one of the...
mhill5252 2005-02-08 13:16:17 #34579

Re: Redwall Route above Cottonwood Creek
Doug, You're very welcome. I have a question for you but I'm on my way out the door for two days so I'll email you off-line when I return on Thursday. Wayne
Wayne Tomasi 2005-02-08 12:47:45 #34578

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