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11-13-2008, 06:15 PM #1
Zion in the Rain... (new bolt placed in Telephone Canyon)
TR from a May trip in Zion. I placed a bolt in Telephone.
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Enjoy.
Tom
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11-13-2008 06:15 PM # ADS
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11-13-2008, 06:38 PM #2
Hey Tom I was reading your trip report and here is a pic of that stump. When people see this pic they think canyoneers have a screw loose.
What was the big project you were doing?
Mark
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11-13-2008, 07:14 PM #3
There's a much better tree to rap off of twenty feet away on the south side of the canyon. It combines the first short one and the second long one (also from a dicey anchor), both right next to each other.
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11-13-2008, 08:16 PM #4
We rapd off of the tree on the south side but this webbing was on the stump when we were there in july.
Mark
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11-13-2008, 09:31 PM #5Originally Posted by moab mark
You know I can't tellyou what the BIG PROJECT was, in public... at least not until it's done!
Tom
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11-14-2008, 07:35 AM #6Originally Posted by ratagonia
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11-14-2008, 08:21 AM #7
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11-14-2008, 08:28 AM #8
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I love your new profile photo Tom! Classy!
That stump scared me when we did that canyon. You just reminded me how behind I am on doing photo albums! I never did this one!
Nice Rave!
This is great of RAM
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11-20-2008, 05:33 AM #9Originally Posted by moab mark
Keep in mind that we tested the "set-back anchor" with a minimum 2kn in-line directional force (possible 3kn) before proceeding! We peeled away some of the charcoal both above ground level and below ground level to expose "harder than oak", indian kerosene, pitchwood. Go for it! After you bury a "deadman anchor" do you uncover it a little to see if it is making contact with all of the sand surrounding it? Do you give it a small bounce test? We figured that as long as we were careful we should not introduce more than 2kn? Oops!? Forgot worse case scenario! 1M fall on 3 M of rope in the system!? Wonder how many contrived anchors meet this criteria? 1:1 SSSF? Don't think so!!!! Call me "loco", but I have loaded several anchors in other "popular" hikes-canyons that were permanent and far more suspect than this one, and other "fruitcakes" are relying on those on an almost daily basis! I'm also a fruitcake....I became a member of the "Stupid-Hikers Club" (canyoneer!) many, many years ago!
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