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    That's awesome!!! thanks so much!! pm on the...

    That's awesome!!! thanks so much!!

    pm on the way...
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    It displays my name when it turns on, Gregory L...

    It displays my name when it turns on, Gregory L West. I dont think it has any of my other info. It's like 8 years old, ..but that doesnt change the fact that it'd be $100+ to replace it. I hope I get...
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    lost GPS + TR to come....

    I called Bo and he didnt have recent info but guessed there would still be a lot of snow in Echo, so we decided to avoid it (sorry no beta).

    We hit boltergeist and yankee doodle on saturday, and...
  4. Thread: echo snow?

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    Thanks for the contact and for the advice to walk...

    Thanks for the contact and for the advice to walk up from the bottom first. Very good to know. I'll try to remember to post about it if we end up doing Echo. thanks!
  5. Thread: echo snow?

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    echo snow?

    Anybody been down Echo yet? beta/speculation on amount of snow? I'm hoping to do it this weekend. Willing to bring ice axes if there's a bit of steep snow to cross, but don't want to get in too nasty...
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    I used mine a few times last year in the wasatch....

    I used mine a few times last year in the wasatch. They took a long time each time ~6hrs. And they seemed to sag fairly quickly, ....ie, we couldnt go back and use it 2 weeks later. I dunno ...it's...
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    I've taken my exum rivers through several canyons...

    I've taken my exum rivers through several canyons now. I like them better than the 5.10's because I can use them on an everyday basis, and I use them hiking, backpacking, etc. The plastic piece...
  8. Thread: water in imlay?

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    Thanks Tom! That'll save us a ton of weight.

    Thanks Tom! That'll save us a ton of weight.
  9. Thread: water in imlay?

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    water in imlay?

    Hey, we're headed to imlay this weekend, planning to hike to the crossroads sat afternoon, bivy, and do it on sunday. Is there reliable (or recent beta on) decent (treatable, drinkable) water around...
  10. Thread: Igloo Makers

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    Built an igloo in the wasatch this weekend around...

    Built an igloo in the wasatch this weekend around 9,000ft with the icebox igloo maker. It was our 3rd. We're getting better at it, but it still took us 6hrs like the last one. This one ended up...
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    Yeah, probably the same ones. They still looked...

    Yeah, probably the same ones. They still looked pretty new, so I didn't know if they had just been put in this year.
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    Thanks for the responses guys! looks like...

    Thanks for the responses guys! looks like wetsuits will be fine
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    FYI - Lucky Charms bolts

    We were down in the North Wash area a few weeks ago and did the Lucky Charms loop. We found someone had bolted the 200ft dry fall. We were planning to rappel the dry fall using natural anchors (and...
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    Keyhole - dry suit? wet suit?

    I did keyhole back in august without a wetsuit, and was cold but fine. That was when it was ~100F out. I'm thinking about taking friends through it this weekend. Forecast is for mid 70s. Think wet...
  15. Thread: Newbie questions

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    Thanks!

    Thanks for all your advice!! Very good to know. Now that I think about the descriptions I've been reading about the subway, it makes sense that it's a safer one, good to know its a fairly small...
  16. Thread: Newbie questions

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    Newbie questions

    Hopefully headed to the Subway this weekend, my first technical slot canyon. A few questions:
    1)flash floods, at what point do people cancel their plans? This sunday there's a 20% chance of tstorms....
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