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Thread: Rope left in Constrychnine
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10-13-2010, 10:26 AM #1
Rope left in Constrychnine
On Saturday, 10/10 our party left a rope at the long rappel in Constrychnine. We're not proud that its there, but if anyone happens to go there and retreives it, its return would be appreciated. The finder will receive small reward of beer or whatever is practical. As for conditions, the Poison Spring access road seems to have suvived the flooding well, with the only big washout occuring past the popular camp spot. The canyon was pretty muddy but definitely drying out fast. Did the shortcut exit between Slidenide and Arscenic, and would definitely recommend going that way.
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10-13-2010 10:26 AM # ADS
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10-13-2010, 10:40 AM #2
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10-13-2010, 10:55 AM #3
I might be headed out to that area this weekend. Trying to finalize some plans and find some canyons that wont be too wet, and perhaps another partner. If we make it out there and the rope is there, I will certainly let you know.
"Human beings were not meant to sit in little cubicles staring at computer screens all day, filling out useless forms and listening to eight different bosses drone on about mission statements"
Peter Gibbons - Office Space
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10-13-2010, 10:59 AM #4
For these big rappels, are they pretty straight forward? I will be going with some fairly new people that have only done 1 or 2 canyons before...
"Human beings were not meant to sit in little cubicles staring at computer screens all day, filling out useless forms and listening to eight different bosses drone on about mission statements"
Peter Gibbons - Office Space
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10-13-2010, 11:07 AM #5
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10-13-2010, 11:41 AM #6
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10-13-2010, 03:42 PM #7
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10-13-2010, 03:57 PM #8
Constrychnine is the only one I havent done out there... Just trying to determine whether or not I would feel good about sending my partner for the weekend over the big drops in constrychnine without a belay. He has been through 4 or 5 canyons, and says he is pretty sure he would be fine with it.
"Human beings were not meant to sit in little cubicles staring at computer screens all day, filling out useless forms and listening to eight different bosses drone on about mission statements"
Peter Gibbons - Office Space
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10-13-2010, 05:13 PM #9
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10-18-2010, 07:16 AM #10
There isn't much to the story. The rope puller didn't check the end and the end happen to have a perfect tangle in it. If the last rap in Constrychnine was 30 or 40 feet longer we would have been up a creek in a bad way. Don't want to rely on that kind of dumb luck again.
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10-18-2010, 10:06 AM #11
Ditto: If the ring/quicklink is not over the edge on the first rap, or extending down the chute a few feet on the second rap, the rope pulls are a challenge. The piton on the last rap was a mess of webbing a few weeks ago, someone set an anchor looking up to the right from the piton, that spot is easier to rap from.
The camp at the trailhead is showing alot of use, toilet holes all over the place basically right in camp, at least 5 fire pits, maybe time for some leave no trace there...
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