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Thread: $75 to Rappel Bridal Veil falls
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08-29-2013, 12:39 PM #21
As a member of SAR Bridal Veil keeps us pretty busy. Anywhere from people being up too high without any lights after dark, people getting ledged out, to ice climbers that fall. We had a family hiking up and their son decided to run up the trail. He fell, tripped or slipped I don't know but, on that narrow trail he tumbled 30-40 feet down. We got him down and he took a helicopter flight to the hospy. Accidents of all kinds. I heard a story from another member that someone, years ago, was using a garden hose up there to descend.
I've always thought about rappelling down BVF. I suppose I better get on it to become familiar with what's up there.
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08-29-2013 12:39 PM # ADS
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08-29-2013, 01:02 PM #22
OK ok.... I give in. I will just call it a CANYONING Route ;) Just kidding
I agree that it isn't technically a "Canyoneering route." BUT maybe, IF it was done as the final descent of Cascade Mountain, would it then be considered Canyoneering? Semantics I guess. actually if find it really funny that we are even having this debate. Anything to distract me from doing actual work i guess LOL!
Anyway, I have heard of this kind of adventure (rappelling down waterfalls) described as "Cascading" yes? no?
BACK To the point of this thread. As much as I love rappelling waterfalls, I really hope that this guide service selling this adventure doesn't make things more complicated for the rest of us.CanyoneeringUtah.blogspot.com
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08-29-2013, 01:09 PM #23CanyoneeringUtah.blogspot.com
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"As you journey through life, choose your destination well, but do not hurry there. You will arrive soon enough. Wander the back roads and forgotten path[s] ... Such things are riches for the soul. And if upon arrival, you find that your destination is not exactly as you had dreamed, ... know that the true worth of your travels lies not in where you come to be at journey
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08-29-2013, 01:24 PM #24
It's not like I'm being closed minded about the situation. It simply has no appeal to me. You and Jeff Guest can do it all you want and post all the nauseating triple speed gopro stick-cam videos you like. I just think I'll spend my time doing activities that have more appeal to me as an outdoor enthusiast.
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08-29-2013, 01:24 PM #25
In my experience, it is usually the other way around. Guide services typically/ideally conduct safe and orderly trips, clean trash, "sweep" routes, etc. Recreational users, OTOH are more often known for creating SAR situations, leaving trash and (sometimes) ironically forcing out guiding operations that have served as a buffer between the un(res)trained masses and land managers and/or SAR.
That said, I know nothing specific about the guide service running trips at BVF. I hope they are a responsible outfit.
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08-29-2013, 01:30 PM #26
Warm fuzzy thought but...
I'm afraid that the reality is that the type of people who swing off cliffs from garden hoses are the least likely demographic to hire a guide. They are too cheap and ignorant to even attempt it correctly in the first place, let alone pay a premium for a guide for something they could do as a DIY activity.
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08-29-2013, 01:43 PM #27
You hear that jman? Quit with your Red Bull-inspired douchebag antic videos. Everyone knows that REAL "outdoor enthusiasts" don't make videos or take pictures to show their friends. Evidently real outdoor enthusiasts spend their non-outdoors time being dicks on the internet.
You May All Go To Hell And I Will Go To Texas
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08-29-2013, 01:55 PM #28●Canyoneering 'Canyon Conditions' @ www.candition.com
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08-29-2013, 02:45 PM #29
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