[pct-l] Creek Crossing Course Coming

[ned at pacificcrestcustombuilders.com]

Back in 2006, we conducted a brief creek crossing class just north of 
Kennedy Meadows that was featured in Squatch's PCT DVD from that year.

What we will do is video-document all the crossings from KM north to Donner 
Pass next May and June when we are collecting data and filming for our PCT 
Snow Guide book to be published thereafter. It would be logistically 
difficult to teach every hiker every season how to cross nasty creeks unless 
we actually lived along the trail to educate the herd as it moves north.

For now, find a source that describes how to do it and go out and carefully 
practice the techniques.

A word of caution regarding the use of ropes to "self-belay" across. 
According to our Search and Rescue Swiftwater Rescue Instructor, the use of 
a rope tied off to you only serves to drag you under the current should you 
fall. Don't use this method.

Mtnned

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com" <diane at santabarbarahikes.com>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 7:01 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Starting Date


>
> On Nov 24, 2009, at 12:10 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>>
>> The river crossings on the other hand can be EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
>
> Amen! There needs to be a river crossing class.
>
> Seriously, I literally SWAM across some rivers in the Sierra. I was
> there earlier than others. In my opinion, the trail crosses Falls
> Creek in absolutely the wrong place. (But that's not the one I swam).
>
> Also, a rain course would have helped me. Snow was annoying and
> mentally exhausting, but not a big deal even for this snow newbie.
> What I had trouble with was rain and pushing through wet leaves. It's
> so depressing and wet.
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