Re: Leaving Anchors/Ropes i.e. Royal Arch
I maybe should not have opened this can 'o worms about ropes, but anyway there is a rough commonsense rationale that could be suggested if not practically...
jan_swafford 2014-05-09 19:37:20 #75888
Re: Leaving Anchors/Ropes i.e. Royal Arch
I'm with John re the ropes. Sure, we could pack one for our RA rappel, but that would mean carrying six pounds of rope 40 miles in order to downclimb twenty...
jan_swafford 2014-05-09 11:50:28 #75880
Re: Leaving Anchors/Ropes i.e. Royal Arch
For the record, I agree generally but not always particularly. The very few ropes I've found on trails--two places, to be exact, in a couple hundred miles of...
jan_swafford 2014-05-09 06:11:40 #75871
How about some stories of grand Canyon screwups we've witnessed.
Hearing about the folks at Clear Creek thinking they were at
IG inspired me, on a slow evening, to start a thread of stories of spectacular or
at least...
jan_swafford 2014-05-08 16:26:06 #75866
Re: notes from Royal Arch and Pt Huitzil
Thanks as always, John, but that's not what I meant. Is the NPS description good enough to get us through the roads to the trailhead? Of course I'll be...
jan_swafford 2014-05-08 11:17:14 #75861
Re: notes from Royal Arch and Pt Huitzil
I guess no word on water at Copper below Bass Camp. Quick question: Will the NPS trail page info get us to the So Bass trailhead OK, or do we need a map? If...
jan_swafford 2014-05-08 05:31:39 #75855
Re: Royal Arch and South Bass conditions
Thanks, John--I missed the point about the ropes. Anybody know about the current water availability in Copper below Bass Camp? We're bringing 60' of webbing...
jan_swafford 2014-05-06 04:09:47 #75839
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