Brian, I considered replying “oh did I say the Morons who bolted it? I meant the Mormons who bolted it.” But then I thought I might offend the guy who actually bolted it, who might not be Mormon, so in the end, I wont. Political correctness can be so confusing.
Not wanting to beat the dead horse of bolting vs. non-bolting.
That specific rap is so short with agreeable angles. A little care on the rap (counter balanced has less potential for movement of a weighted rope, toss up the LUC side of the rope and gently retrieve it through the arch from RUC )and there is no need to leave a mark, plus the rope falls directly on the upstream face of the watercourse, helping to erase any minor impact. Whether most people exercise “a little care” is a different thing altogether, which might lead to the bolting debate I do not wish to start.
I have a project for you too. Something I’ve looked at, ends with a little bit of big air though. Your favorite!
Sherpa
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— In Yahoo Canyons Group, “Matt Smith” wrote:
Brian, I considered replying “oh did I say the Morons who bolted it? I meant the Mormons who bolted it.”
Really glad I didn’t have a beverage in mid swallow when I read that!
(Considered replying “same difference”… No I didn’t!)
The simul rap isn’t really a big highlight for me, compared to the wild, twisty pothole scenery that follows.
Had three very different descents through Imlay. First time, water not low, but, not topped off, we did the standard full Imlay with a camp in the middle, and no real try to do anything fancy other than keep moving. Next time was with the Stevee B, and, beside him doing it sans clothes (and the trauma for me with the ensuing nightmares), we tried pretty hard to do it without hooking any artificial features (no drilled holes). Success, in very low water. I think we even did some fixed anchor maintainence as well, beefing up some of the dubious and old single bolt anchors. When Bill and I did it in the winter, we had a happy hooker which made some of the pothole work a snap, just hooking into the bolt anchors from below, rather than messing around with too much hooking drilled holes, although we did jump on a drilled hole when the disc of ice we were standing on started to sink and get very unstable (was funny to watch, I’d imagine, running across, trying not to fall, and jump on a hook as fast as possible).
What a great canyon for practising all kinds of styles. I’m fully convinced I could do it without the bolted anchors. And, that’d be a nice challenge, I suppose. But, those fixed anchors do make the canyon pretty easy to move quickly through, and, it does limit the damage done, versus “unnatural anchor building” that you’d have to probably do to make ‘er go sans bolted anchors. Not to mention the miles of sling left behind, more’n likely.
Silly wabbits, tricks are for kids…
Cheers!
-Brian in SLC