[pct-l] Bear Creek crossing 2010

[gschenk1 at roadrunner.com]

---- Scott Bryce <sbryce at scottbryce.com> wrote: 
> And dangerous. Ray Jardine, in his PCT hikers handbook, describes the
> dangers of using ropes to assist during stream crossings. He describes
> how he has tried various methods to use ropes for stream crossings, and
> all of them made the situation worse. You literally become like a kite
> in the wind, except that in this case the current pulls you under the
> water as you pull on the rope.

You never clip into a rope in that situation.

Gary