[pct-l] Stream crossings

[Yoshihiro Murakami]

This is a sample image of guide rope usage.

http://bit.ly/hA66AD

The guide rope is specially useful when you hike with some friends. I
took this photo when I attended the mountain education in Japan.


2011/1/19 Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes <diane at santabarbarahikes.com>:
>
> On Jan 18, 2011, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>>
>> I've been wondering if anyone carries some of this paracord for
>> snow or
>> stream help on thru-hikes.
>
> I can't imagine what paracord would do for you in the snow. And I
> think it's made it into the wisdom nowadays that using rope to cross
> a creek is not safe.
>
> I do pretty much what I think Ned says. I face toward the opposite
> bank and make my way slowly across, using my trekking poles or a
> stick to brace myself with the water. I don't point my sticks down
> stream, though, if that's what he said (for some reason I'm not
> getting all the emails lately). I point at least one of them up
> stream. If the water is cloudy, I use one pole to search for deep
> pockets I could sink into or boulders that could trip me while the
> other is helping hold me steady. If any creek is too dangerous, I
> don't cross it. I chicken out, bail out, hop on the bus and come back
> at a better time of year. Yep, I'm a big creek crossing WEENIE.
>
> Same goes for snow. I'm not embarrassed to chicken out.
>
> People like to ask about the dangerous snakes, lions and bears on the
> trail, but really the most dangerous thing on the trail is water:
> liquid or frozen.
>
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Sincerely
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Hiro    ( Yoshihiro Murakami )
Blogs http://completewalker.blogspot.com/
Photo http://picasaweb.google.co.jp/CompleteWalker/
Backpacking for 30 years in Japan
2009 JMT, the first America.
2010 JMT, the second America.
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