Seen the photos of Knotted rope on Tom’s great website. Seen the poles in the pools. I appreciate ‘clean’ canyoning and reasons for no bolt policy. But what the hell are these poles doing in a canyon, and how come nobody has removed them? Are they too big? Sure they are not ‘fixed’ anchors. But they are certainly bigger than the biggest bolt plate in the world… Isn’t there a paradox there?
Question from a ‘wet’ canyoner who has had only one experience with a trap pool: When chucking a heavy pack over the edge to get out of a very deep pool, doesn’t the weight of the pack actually make you sink before you have time to throw it?
Julien
llana kanka
I always thought it was a slightly derogatory term which derived it’s negativity from the fact that it rhymes with “wank”.
— canyonz info@canyonz.co.nz> wrote:
> llana kanka wrote:
> We don’t have any hedgehogs out here, but maybe I > can
try the girth hitch on the rattlesnake. Better > yet,
maybe I can duct-tape a six-pack of beer together > and
use it for a tossed anchor. If you can’t get it > into
the crack, at least you can drink it.
Guess I’m just a crazy yank.
Yes you are! But aren’t we all, Yanks, Frogs and > others? BTW, why are you > folks called Yanks? It just struck me that I don’t > know the origin of the > term. It’s not something you ieat, is it? Waiting > for my next Yank history > lesson…
Julien
>
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canyonz
llana kanka wrote:
> We don’t have any hedgehogs out here, but maybe I can > try the girth hitch on the rattlesnake. Better yet, > maybe I can duct-tape a six-pack of beer together and > use it for a tossed anchor. If you can’t get it into > the crack, at least you can drink it.
Guess I’m just a crazy yank.
Yes you are! But aren’t we all, Yanks, Frogs and others? BTW, why are you folks called Yanks? It just struck me that I don’t know the origin of the term. It’s not something you ieat, is it? Waiting for my next Yank history lesson…
Julien
llana kanka
We don’t have any hedgehogs out here, but maybe I can try the girth hitch on the rattlesnake. Better yet, maybe I can duct-tape a six-pack of beer together and use it for a tossed anchor. If you can’t get it into the crack, at least you can drink it.
Guess I’m just a crazy yank.
— canyonz info@canyonz.co.nz> wrote: > Thanks for the history lesson Shane. I guess that’s > where they shoot the ‘X > files’, eh? Sounds like an interesting place to > visit. I like narrow canyons > where I risk getting jammed… good tip about keeper > holes, cheers, I’ll use it > if it ever happens to stop raining in NZ (dream > on…) and the potholes get > tricky.
The baseball trick is the craziest thing I’ve heard > on the egroup so far. Mc > Gyver goes canyoning! Good on you, mate! That’s got > to be be at least A6. > Imagine doing that on the last pitch of an El Cap > route… How about jamming > hedgehogs (good friction) or girth hitching a > rattlesnake (very quick release)?
Julien
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llana kanka
Julien,
Yes, you sink over your head as you try to throw the bag. When we did Quandry Direct several years ago I had that problem in the keeper hole. Eventually my two partners had to toss a small log over from above the pothole. When the group did Quandry Direct a few weeks ago the water was down and they didn’t have that problem. As long as your feet can touch the bottom, the technique works like a charm.
— canyonz info@canyonz.co.nz> wrote: > Seen the photos of Knotted rope on Tom’s great > website. Seen the poles in the > pools. I appreciate ‘clean’ canyoning and reasons > for no bolt policy. But > what the hell are these poles doing in a canyon, and > how come nobody has > removed them? Are they too big? Sure they are not > ‘fixed’ anchors. But they > are certainly bigger than the biggest bolt plate in > the world… Isn’t there > a paradox there?
Question from a ‘wet’ canyoner who has had only one > experience with a trap > pool: When chucking a heavy pack over the edge to > get out of a very deep > pool, doesn’t the weight of the pack actually make > you sink before you have > time to throw it?
Julien
>
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canyonz
Thanks for the history lesson Shane. I guess that’s where they shoot the ‘X files’, eh? Sounds like an interesting place to visit. I like narrow canyons where I risk getting jammed… good tip about keeper holes, cheers, I’ll use it if it ever happens to stop raining in NZ (dream on…) and the potholes get tricky.
The baseball trick is the craziest thing I’ve heard on the egroup so far. Mc Gyver goes canyoning! Good on you, mate! That’s got to be be at least A6. Imagine doing that on the last pitch of an El Cap route… How about jamming hedgehogs (good friction) or girth hitching a rattlesnake (very quick release)?
Julien
Shane B.
>>Question from a ‘wet’ canyoner who has had only one experience with a trap pool: When chucking a heavy pack over the edge to get out of a very deep pool, doesn’t the weight of the pack actually make you sink before you have time to throw it?