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tanya · Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 5720 Location: St. George

Bo_Beck wrote: tanya wrote: Iceaxe wrote: tanya wrote: It was a trip with lots to laugh about. :five:

Cold water does that to men....

:roflol: :roflol: :roflol:

Yeah :lol8: But I never look down there!!! :twisted: Really! :nod:

It was really hard not to look down "there" with the backwards wetsuit :lol8:

oh :oops:

tanya · Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 5720 Location: St. George

oldno7 wrote: tanya wrote: Luckily for you the trail is closed right now so you are off the hook anyway. :haha:

Is it closed completely?
We saw the large bags they were using to haul off the broken out concrete.
What a fun job--breaking up concrete all day with sledge hammers(not)

I believe so and it's been closed since the fire up there I think about a year ago?

Bo_Beck · Joined: 02 Dec 2005 Posts: 775 Location: Southern Utah

tanya wrote: Bo_Beck wrote: tanya wrote: Iceaxe wrote: tanya wrote: It was a trip with lots to laugh about. :five:

Cold water does that to men....

:roflol: :roflol: :roflol:

Yeah :lol8: But I never look down there!!! :twisted: Really! :nod:

It was really hard not to look down "there" with the backwards wetsuit :lol8:

oh :oops:

Actually Tanya...I would never have noticed unless Bushwacker hadn't said something :nod:

tanya · Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 5720 Location: St. George

Bo_Beck wrote: tanya wrote: Bo_Beck wrote: tanya wrote: Iceaxe wrote: tanya wrote: It was a trip with lots to laugh about. :five:

Cold water does that to men....

:roflol: :roflol: :roflol:

Yeah :lol8: But I never look down there!!! :twisted: Really! :nod:

It was really hard not to look down "there" with the backwards wetsuit :lol8:

oh :oops:

Actually Tanya...I would never have noticed unless Bushwacker hadn't said something :nod:

:eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2:

:bath: :doorpeak:

Bo_Beck · Joined: 02 Dec 2005 Posts: 775 Location: Southern Utah

tanya wrote: oldno7 wrote: tanya wrote: Luckily for you the trail is closed right now so you are off the hook anyway. :haha:

Is it closed completely?
We saw the large bags they were using to haul off the broken out concrete.
What a fun job--breaking up concrete all day with sledge hammers(not)

I believe so and it's been closed since the fire up there I think about a year ago?

Yes...it is and has been closed. Luckily we were able to do some surveying for the park on our Backcountry Patrol. Still a ton of standing Deadfalls that need to be felled. One of the biggest we saw was ready to crash down with the slightest breeze!

tanya · Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 5720 Location: St. George

Bo_Beck wrote: tanya wrote: oldno7 wrote: tanya wrote: Luckily for you the trail is closed right now so you are off the hook anyway. :haha:

Is it closed completely?
We saw the large bags they were using to haul off the broken out concrete.
What a fun job--breaking up concrete all day with sledge hammers(not)

I believe so and it's been closed since the fire up there I think about a year ago?

Yes...it is and has been closed. Luckily we were able to do some surveying for the park on our Backcountry Patrol. Still a ton of standing Deadfalls that need to be felled. One of the biggest we saw was ready to crash down with the slightest breeze!

Yeah... something like the first and 2nd "trees" we rappelled from! :eek2:

Bo_Beck · Joined: 02 Dec 2005 Posts: 775 Location: Southern Utah

tanya wrote: Bo_Beck wrote: tanya wrote: oldno7 wrote: tanya wrote: Luckily for you the trail is closed right now so you are off the hook anyway. :haha:

Is it closed completely?
We saw the large bags they were using to haul off the broken out concrete.
What a fun job--breaking up concrete all day with sledge hammers(not)

I believe so and it's been closed since the fire up there I think about a year ago?

Yes...it is and has been closed. Luckily we were able to do some surveying for the park on our Backcountry Patrol. Still a ton of standing Deadfalls that need to be felled. One of the biggest we saw was ready to crash down with the slightest breeze!

Yeah... something like the first and 2nd "trees" we rappelled from! :eek2:

:lol8: :ne_nau: :lol8: :rockon:

ratagonia · Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 8:00 pm Post subject:

oldno7 wrote: Nice Tr guys---man, it seems like the cold will never go away this year.

Great picture of Bo!

Hey, is that an actual "Guided Rappel" y'alls set up? thought Bo was oppossed to all that fancy ropework, and wouldn't that require rappelling single strand?

May I assume there IS a usable anchor for the first rap - and that the tree on the ledge survived last year's firestorm. Lot's of trees near the Telephone Canyon trail attempt to kill you?

Tom

tanya · Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 5720 Location: St. George

ratagonia wrote: oldno7 wrote: Nice Tr guys---man, it seems like the cold will never go away this year.

Great picture of Bo!

Hey, is that an actual "Guided Rappel" y'alls set up? thought Bo was oppossed to all that fancy ropework, and wouldn't that require rappelling single strand?

May I assume there IS a usable anchor for the first rap - and that the tree on the ledge survived last year's firestorm. Lot's of trees near the Telephone Canyon trail attempt to kill you?

Tom

Depends on if you think that little black burnt stuff is "usable" :eek2:

I would not say it survived! I would say it's hanging on by a TINY thread! :eek2: :eek2:

The rest of the trees were just fine since the guys did not try and hang off those! :lol8:

Bo_Beck · Joined: 02 Dec 2005 Posts: 775 Location: Southern Utah

ratagonia wrote: oldno7 wrote: Nice Tr guys---man, it seems like the cold will never go away this year.

Great picture of Bo!

Tanya takes some great shots! I hope there are more to come? I took a lot with her camera as well, but I don't know how they turned out? Hopefully some good shots?

Hey, is that an actual "Guided Rappel" y'alls set up? thought Bo was oppossed to all that fancy ropework, and wouldn't that require rappelling single strand?

Yes it is a guided rappel. It was the last rap and we were opposed to getting wet. I was ready to go down first and try to pendulum to a ledge to try to stay dry, but prepared to swim when "bushwacker" remembered that he had traversed over the top once before, but wasn't sure. When I was getting set to start down, there he was at the bottom. It was a sketchy traverse, so Tanya and I obliged and took his offer of a guided rappel. I had him not guide me and I tried to do the pendulum at the bottom and was unable to get to the ledge and ended up in the water, but then he guided me out and onto dry ground! :roflol: The anchor for that last rappel is 8' up from the canyon floor right side LDC and is out over the rap. It was a trick to stand on his shoulders while Tanya belayed me from up canyon and then thread the ring! :five:

May I assume there IS a usable anchor for the first rap - and that the tree on the ledge survived last year's firestorm. Lot's of trees near the Telephone Canyon trail attempt to kill you?

It's useable today, but probably not later on? There is a tree that someone had slung on the right side LDC that was used to get to the next anchor (a tree 30' down on a ledge) but required a sketchy traverse with potential of a big pendulum?

Tom

Bo_Beck · Joined: 02 Dec 2005 Posts: 775 Location: Southern Utah

ratagonia wrote: oldno7 wrote: Nice Tr guys---man, it seems like the cold will never go away this year.

Great picture of Bo!

Hey, is that an actual "Guided Rappel" y'alls set up? thought Bo was oppossed to all that fancy ropework, and wouldn't that require rappelling single strand?

May I assume there IS a usable anchor for the first rap - and that the tree on the ledge survived last year's firestorm. Lot's of trees near the Telephone Canyon trail attempt to kill you?

Tom

Oh yeah Tom! The tree on the ledge 30' down from the top is just healthy and happy! The fire didn't make it's way into the canyon. Everything on top is pretty scorched though. I'm guessing that soon folks will have to use the tree that is way out of the fall line to get down to the tree for the second rappel though.

tanya · Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 5720 Location: St. George

A couple of area shots. You can see from that running water at the top of the canyon that we were going to get wet. :eek2: The other shot shows the burn. :popcorn: The Bushwhacker and Bo are standing at the head of the canyon tying stuff on that burnt twig. :roll:

tanya · Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 5720 Location: St. George

Staying dry :nod: and sometimes you are just going to get wet. :eek2:

tanya · Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 5720 Location: St. George

:eek2: :eek2: And just what does he want me to do with that rope. Since he is so trusting... why not. :haha: :twisted: -- and a rappel that quickly headed around the corner loosing site of the one on rope.

tanya · Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 5720 Location: St. George

The is a cool rappel that Bo is on, but again I got over a pool and was not under the shot. :frustrated:

And why don't I see a rope in this picture? Did we downclimb into that hole or what!?!?! :eek2: