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?
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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
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