Re: Canyon withdrawl
I hope you didn't think I was proposing to pull packs up the whole pitch. I've found it very useful to take along about 20-30' of what my wife calls...
Robert R. Marley 2000-11-16 15:14:31 #5176

Re: re instep crampons
There are some inexpesive (under $10) instep crampons which work great. They are a folded peice of steel and have a single strap which holds them in place....
Geno Hacker 2000-11-16 14:50:11 #5175

Re: Hack Canyon and winter weather
Hack Canyon Road is impassable. The local wilderness ranger has a very high 4WD and still hits bottom. The only way to access it is to park your vechile...
Pittypatt@aol.com 2000-11-16 14:26:35 #5174

Re: Canyon withdrawl
If this climbing route were on solid rock, I would probably rate it at 5.0. But it is not solid rock, which makes it much more difficult and dangerous. ...
Bob Bordasch 2000-11-16 10:04:20 #5173

Re: Reintroduction
Hi Bob, and welcome back! I have never hiked with the Grand Canyon Field Institute, but I want to do one of their (Walters') trips this spring: Nankoweap to...
Bob Bordasch 2000-11-16 09:44:54 #5172

Reintroduction
Hi, I joined this egroup a year or so back, but I've been away and thought I would reintroduce myself. My first Grand Canyon backpack was an October 1994...
bobanderson@gtemail.net 2000-11-16 08:12:44 #5170

Re: South Rim weather
Hi James, I've just spent 13 days at the Canyon in the last month and it rained or snowed on all but 3 of them! This is the wettest, snowiest fall I...
Mike Mahanay 2000-11-16 07:33:02 #5169

Re: re instep crampons
--- In grandcanyon@egroups.com, "dove menkes" wrote: I'm a fan of the 'Ice Walker" cheap and simple. They tend to work loose on the boot so resinching the...
karl buckendahl 2000-11-16 06:07:48 #5168

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