Tonto Trail Water Report - Kaibab to Red Canyon, Oct 27
Just got home from 5 day trek along the Tonto trail. I won't bore you with a trip report (in this post, anyway!) Here's the water situation when I passed...
baktoehold 2010-10-27 22:32:16 #62757

Re: John's food hanger
Requirement: 1) food dangling in free space 2) some way to prevent critters from climbing down the cord a) Nylon cord that they can't get purchase...
brian_alleyne 2010-10-27 16:17:42 #62756

Re: John's food hanger
Obviously it needs to be dangling in free space, and in this particular case, the two-pole arrangement was the only way to do that. But it's not the...
John 2010-10-27 14:29:36 #62755

Re: John's food hanger
excuse my ignorance, but wouldn't just securing the nylon string under a heavy rock do the trick? Pinny Lew From:...
Pinny Lew 2010-10-27 12:50:45 #62754

Re: John's food hanger
In mine, the pole is not the main barrier. The widget hanging from the pole is made from nylon cord. So even if there in no pole (the widget is just...
John 2010-10-27 12:27:44 #62753

Re: John's food hanger
I'm tellin' ya, those Deer Creek mice are some mutant, aggressive critters. "Persistant" is too kind, LOL.  Marsha --- On Wed, 10/27/10, brian_alleyne...
Marsha Kesselring 2010-10-27 12:25:39 #62752

Re: John's food hanger
Folks, I use a similar setup, and I also suggest feeding the cord to the food bag through one or two sections of an old aluminum tent pole. That way the...
brian_alleyne 2010-10-27 12:07:22 #62751

Yet another trip report....
Yes, I appologize for the long trip report. But as a consolation, included is a link to some nice pictures ;-) Cove Canyon Descent Dates:...
brian_alleyne 2010-10-27 11:40:33 #62750

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