Re: Proposed Grand Canyon Rating System
Noted, and updated in my list of routes. Agreed.
Brian
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brian_alleyne 2012-01-14 22:57:48 #67930
Re: Proposed Grand Canyon Rating System
I generally agree with your assessment.
I would have been O.K. with a e0+ on the exposure scale, and a G on the Risk/Seriousness. Of course, it being the...
brian_alleyne 2012-01-14 22:54:28 #67929
Re: Proposed Grand Canyon Route rating system...
Oops.....
I messed up the R and X ratings...
I wrote:
R factors such as loose rock that make it potentially hazardous,
X no room for error (only for the...
brian_alleyne 2012-01-14 22:46:16 #67928
Re: Proposed Grand Canyon Route rating system...
All of these routes including mile 21.5 written up in Harvey's Treks book that bob rates (M, e3, B, II, X) should be an R. This is because it is already...
brian_alleyne 2012-01-14 22:42:31 #67927
Re: Proposed Grand Canyon Route rating system...
Dave, I was looking at the wrong version of the list and missed all of the updates in the Surprise area. After reading Coltrin's post #3500 I'm certain that...
rich_rudow 2012-01-14 21:48:09 #67926
Re: Proposed Grand Canyon Route rating system...
Thanks, Rich. I had your E-side route listed as 248.4e, which from your map looks like it may be the same as 248.4f - maybe Mike Coltrin, who wrote the...
Davidian Marcus 2012-01-14 21:04:13 #67925
Re: Proposed Grand Canyon Route rating system...
Dave, I've done both the east and west Redwall routes out of Surprise Canyon. In fact, east route is in Grand Canyoneering. We call that slot "Twin Key...
rich_rudow 2012-01-14 20:19:05 #67924
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