Re: Leaving Anchors/Ropes i.e. Royal Arch
John,What about the goofy ropes people leave on the little downclimb on the Bill Hall trail? Should a rope be left there? Or how about leaving a rope at the...
scott.marley 2014-05-09 09:25:06 #75879
Re: Leaving Anchors/Ropes i.e. Royal Arch
We typically ridicule the excessive cairns. While standing in a worn in piece of trail with a cairn built in the path we say "Whew! Thank goodness this...
ned.bryant 2014-05-09 09:02:31 #75878
Re: Leaving Anchors/Ropes i.e. Royal Arch
I disagree. On a very popular route like this, and where the rope and anchor is not visible from any distance (I have a photo we took after we did the...
johngeyles 2014-05-09 09:00:26 #75877
Re: Leaving Anchors/Ropes i.e. Royal Arch
I will just say that not all cairns are equal and leave it at that.
On May 9, 2014, at 06:11, JanSwaff@... [Grand_Canyon_Hikers] wrote:
> For the record, I...
Doug Nering 2014-05-09 08:51:16 #75876
Re: Leaving Anchors/Ropes i.e. Royal Arch
Oh, and don't get me started on cairns. What is it with people and their need to build cairns all over the place? Many cairns have been built in places where...
scott.marley 2014-05-09 07:52:41 #75875
Re: Leaving Anchors/Ropes i.e. Royal Arch
Jan,It's pretty common to clear ropes and webbing nests. I've cleared ropes in a couple of places. Ropes should not be semi-permanent. They are unreliable for...
scott.marley 2014-05-09 07:15:04 #75874
Re: Leaving Anchors/Ropes i.e. Royal Arch
Great post Jagchiker!! In my view, it's pretty daring to use an unknown rope. It's not like the downclimb at RA requires a lot of rope either. Why not just...
scott.marley 2014-05-09 07:04:22 #75873
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