2021-03-12, 07:31 PM
My thanks for the answers to my rock questions, and the information on the coyote melons. This group has such a boatload of great information! You're wonderful.
The plan with the PVC ladder was to bring it up, along with my pack and poles, by threading a rope through them all, but my pack got wedged at the bottom somehow. I had a water bottle and the camera with me, so I was going to forge on, but then I encountered the next obstacle. I would not use the ladder as a stand alone, supporting all my weight device, but I was gambling that as it leaned against the dry fall, most of my weight would be on rock, and it worked just fine. Coming down went easily; I could slow my descent enough to catch the top of the ladder, going down as you would on a playground slide. It was fast but didn't feel totally out of control.
It's going to be fun to go back to Home Depot and show the young man who helped me assemble it just how well it turned out.
The plan with the PVC ladder was to bring it up, along with my pack and poles, by threading a rope through them all, but my pack got wedged at the bottom somehow. I had a water bottle and the camera with me, so I was going to forge on, but then I encountered the next obstacle. I would not use the ladder as a stand alone, supporting all my weight device, but I was gambling that as it leaned against the dry fall, most of my weight would be on rock, and it worked just fine. Coming down went easily; I could slow my descent enough to catch the top of the ladder, going down as you would on a playground slide. It was fast but didn't feel totally out of control.
It's going to be fun to go back to Home Depot and show the young man who helped me assemble it just how well it turned out.