Re: Hazard of lowering packs...Packs on the run!
--- In Grand_Canyon_Hikers@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Marley"
wrote:
I did
> see a tent become a lifting body at Muley Point above the San Juan
> one time (a...
Patricia Corry 2005-02-08 18:09:25 #34586
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
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