Good point, squish. You can sure see where my thinking focuses.
I'm still too shicken-chit to go up something vertical, as shortimer does, without knowing what I'm getting on. Takes a lot longer for these bones to heal these days....
by MarthaP » Fri Sep 18, 2009 4:31 pm
by Snowslogger » Fri Sep 18, 2009 5:08 pm
by rhyang » Fri Sep 18, 2009 5:22 pm
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!
by MarthaP » Fri Sep 18, 2009 5:46 pm
Dingus Milktoast wrote:Winter back country self-cointained ski touring>? I want the map Martha! (but even there I have many times gone without - if you don't have a destination you don't truly need a map so long as you remember where you been)
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by ShortTimer » Fri Sep 18, 2009 5:58 pm
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
by rhyang » Fri Sep 18, 2009 6:27 pm
ShortTimer wrote:And all just to torture fish and let them go again.
by ShortTimer » Fri Sep 18, 2009 6:47 pm
rhyang wrote:ShortTimer wrote:And all just to torture fish and let them go again.
Catch and release ? I've never fished in the Sierra .. some friends do though. They tell me tales of wild onion and sauteed trout .. though I guess cooking gear might get in the way of free soloing
by ShortTimer » Fri Sep 18, 2009 7:42 pm
Dingus Milktoast wrote:So few? No wonder you turned to climbing!
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