Re: Canyoneering
Now that I think about it more Dave, there is a scramble route that bypasses the entire Redwall slot south of Racetrack that allows non technical access to...
rich_rudow 2011-05-06 11:13:02 #65607
Re: Canyoneering
Hi Dave, BTW - all of the bolts you list below are on my list except the spike route. Every instance in #5 below requires a rope to go further before...
rich_rudow 2011-05-06 10:39:51 #65606
Re: Backpackers using the Colorado River on inflatable rafts they c
Well, I posted too quickly -- and there is another side to the hike DG mentions. If you did this hike and only used the packraft to cross the river (what a...
DougN 2011-05-06 10:36:04 #65605
Re: Backpackers using the Colorado River on inflatable rafts they c
Dave, (a), (b), and (c) are all inappropriate and unacceptable in my view. The bypass is available and a modest climber can get up and down the crack down...
rich_rudow 2011-05-06 10:31:30 #65604
Re: Backpackers using the Colorado River on inflatable rafts they c
The short answer to this is that river-resources and hiker resources are under distinct management plans, and river use is highly commercialized. I accept...
DougN 2011-05-06 10:26:51 #65603
Re: Backpackers using the Colorado River on inflatable rafts they c
I have climbed the creek right side with and without the log, down - climbed
and rappelled down several times and also admit to leaving a rope in place
once...
Peter Borremans 2011-05-06 10:15:25 #65602
Re: Backpackers using the Colorado River on inflatable rafts they c
     As a boater and a backpacker, I can understand the concern of the boating community that perhaps now they will have to start competing with a...
Marsha Kesselring 2011-05-06 08:39:55 #65601
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