Re: I Shouldn't Be Alive
They did not know about the route down to 49.9 their intent was to get down to the river by Little Nanko just like he had done before by going down to the...
chuck 2006-12-24 16:38:18 #44067

Re: I Shouldn't Be Alive
--- In Grand_Canyon_Hikers@yahoogroups.com, "chuck" wrote: ....One of the leaders > had done this trail before - but due to his age and heat he had to go...
Bob Marley 2006-12-24 16:12:26 #44066

Re: I Shouldn't Be Alive
1st mistake They got into trouble on the first day - did not get as far as they planned. Only made it part way on the USFS trail that heads out to the scenic...
chuck 2006-12-24 15:25:27 #44065

Re: Camping 'near' the LCR
I remember the whole thing as pretty steeply sloped with acacia and rocks on most of it. There are a lot of Tapeats ledges though so those might be usable,...
Bob Marley 2006-12-24 15:10:40 #44064

Re: I Shouldn't Be Alive
BTW I read the initial story in the local papers and realized they got into trouble in the back of Little Nankoweap. Until Adair mentioned it I was not aware...
Bob Marley 2006-12-24 13:15:44 #44063

Re: Camping 'near' the LCR
Is the beach that's a half mile down river from the LC confluence large enough for a group of 8 to 9 people? [Non-text portions of this message have...
Bob Bordasch 2006-12-24 13:15:26 #44062

Re: I Shouldn't Be Alive
You are probably correct Doug. I was pretty experienced by the time I did those 49.9 trips, had walked Diamond to Lees a few years earlier after a decade of...
Bob Marley 2006-12-24 13:07:53 #44061

Re: I Shouldn't Be Alive
This comment from Amy points out a vulnerable aspect of the permit system, which is lack of interactive communication. According to the account in 'O the...
Doug Nering 2006-12-24 12:51:27 #44060

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