rhyang wrote:ShortTimer wrote:Yep, two entirely different deals Rob. I used to go fishing wth Herb Laeger all over the Sierra. We have fished the most inhospitable back country rivers and streams that you could imagine. Hell, we put up a new 4 pitch 5.7 on the North Fork of the Kings with packs and fishing poles in hand, with no rope. And in all that time we never looked at or carried a topo map except maybe to try to find out obscure rivers to explore. But once we found them we never used the topo to get to them. We have of course walked many miles more than we should have a times, and we have been cliffed at times, but oh the adventures that we had! And the fish that we caught!
I'd bet there have been some pretty good fish stories as a result, too
Let's just say that I have done scarier stuff with a fishing pole in my hand then I have when roped. Herb's wife Eve, who was a pretty solid 5.11 climber, came on one fishing trip with us. When she finally escaped to civilization she told everyone that we were doing 5.12 fishing trips, we were nuts, and she would never go again. I have been on a cliff on the side of a river with a 20' blank slab in front of me and a corner with a chimney on the other side, let go and run down and across the face to slam into the corner, just to avoid some additional up climbing. Now that is adventure! And all just to torture fish and let them go again.