Re: Backpacker Mag on Royal Arch Loop
Dick and Rob, it's not up to the NPS to define anchors in GC or any other park. To do so implies some level of liability that the NPS is likely not...
rich_rudow 2009-04-28 15:49:53 #55125
Re: Backpacker Mag on Royal Arch Loop
I am against bolts on public lands under any circumstances. I have seen way too many bolts placed in Utah canyons where none were necessary. I...
Bob Bordasch 2009-04-28 15:33:03 #55124
Re: Training for the canyon
No, I do not teach at Southern. I am a retired teacher from Katy, TX. I've lived in Hattiesburg for about 11 years. I think that you and I have previously...
rryder_99 2009-04-28 15:19:15 #55123
Re: Backpacker Mag on Royal Arch Loop
I don't think it's up to the NPS. In a wilderness area, bolting is allowed
as long as you do not use a motor to drill the hole. Unless there is a
wilderness...
Peter Borremans 2009-04-28 15:08:09 #55122
Re: Backpacker Mag on Royal Arch Loop
Rich,
Near my home is a basalt cliff that is very popular with the climbers.
It has hundreds, maybe thousands, of bolts. I ask climbers how they
decide...
Dick Matthews 2009-04-28 13:04:58 #55121
Re: Backpacker Mag on Royal Arch Loop
A protest. While I doubt that any of us always agrees with NPS, it's
their job, not that of any individual or even this esteemed group, to
make a...
Rob Brading 2009-04-28 12:53:30 #55120
Re: Nankoweap trip report, April, 2009 (a bit long)
Pete,
The atmosphere in the alcove at the Tapeats pouroff was so unexpected and intoxicating that I recorded some audio with my camera. Shaded echoes of...
John Karpinski 2009-04-28 12:35:45 #55119
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