[pct-l] Bear Creek Crosding

[Heather]

I'd be SO reluctant to trust someone else's rope!! Now a cable like the one (that used to be?) along the perma-ice 
up Mount Whitney would be grand! 
But where's the adventure in that?! ;)

Happy Day!


On Mar 16, 2012, at 1:00 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

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> Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:16:31 -0700
> From: "James Vesely" <JVesely at edmsupply.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Bear Creek crossing 2010
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> I am not talking about a rope from the bank of the river to a person but
> a rope tied off between both banks.
> 
> http://books.google.com/books?id=k85d3kUp-OQC&pg=PA74&lpg=PA74&dq=rope+a
> ssist+river+crossing&source=bl&ots=-GDQ7DTqEs&sig=vBq_chWEZw_YxwO19jJ53Z
> jeCTU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=pGVjT7jGOYiOiAKy3vCiDw&ved=0CF0Q6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=r
> ope%20assist%20river%20crossing&f=false
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> 
> Check out this Google books link and scroll down a little. 
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> On 3/16/2012 7:27 AM, James Vesely wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> I know its "wild and scenic" but would it hurt for the park service
>> to stretch a large rope between two trees (if not a bridge) for a
>> hand hold across some of the larger creeks?
>> 
>> I wonder how many people have lost there life or almost lost there
>> life on some of these fords.   A rope would be cheap, easy and effective