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53848
Hey Rich (or anyone!)-- Any updates on the 5-10 Canyoneers? I have a few days going up and down Clear Creek coming up, and I like my piggies happy. I'm...
mikerogers_vt
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Feb 1, 2009
10:10 pm
53849
Mike, my 5-10 Canyoneers have been up and down South Kaibab and up and down Clear Creek a number of times with no issues. Clear Creek is the kind of place...
rich_rudow
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Feb 1, 2009
11:13 pm
53850
Hello, Everybody. The new home page photo was taken by Richard Perry. Thanks to Bob Brown for the previous photo. Bob...
Bob Holland
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Feb 1, 2009
11:53 pm
53851
Best 'tip' is a Big Rock -- really big boulder on bare rock just slightly downslope from the trail, so if you see this Big Rock and you are not on the trail...
Doug Nering
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Feb 2, 2009
12:12 am
53852
Looks like Scorpion Ridge looking north, perhaps taken from the Tonto around Agate canyon. John Karpinski...
John Karpinski
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Feb 2, 2009
1:15 am
53853
Thanks, Rich! I think I'll try the Savants--since I'll have to order online, any comments on sizing? True to size? I guess I'll find out soon enough, but how...
mikerogers_vt
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Feb 2, 2009
1:23 am
53854
We have a winner and fast too. John is right on. It is Scorpion Ridge taken from the Tonto at Agate Canyon. Nice going John. Richard ... around Agate...
richard2425848
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Feb 2, 2009
1:23 am
53855
I get to ask for opinions--and I know this group has got 'em! I've never been to Clear Creek before, but I'll be spending a few days there at the end of...
mikerogers_vt
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Feb 2, 2009
1:26 am
53856
Rich, I have 5-10 climbing shoes so right after boots came out I got a pair for scrambling back in Clear Creek and Cheyava. By Sumner Wash (on CC Trail), the...
Ed Hensley
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Feb 2, 2009
1:46 am
53857
Mike, I've never been there in spring, so not sure what it's like for water flow. I spend most of my time camped up ECC, but it's dry camping when I go....
Ed Hensley
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Feb 2, 2009
2:01 am
53858
Mike, I always buy my 5-10's a half size larger than the rest of my boots. They run a little on the small side AND I wear neoprene socks in them often. The...
rich_rudow
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Feb 2, 2009
3:53 am
53859
Hi Ed, it sounds like 5-10's early Canyoneers were crap. I owned 4 pairs of the original Canyoneer's starting about five years ago. Every pair delaminated at...
rich_rudow
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Feb 2, 2009
4:26 am
53860
If you want to see some nice indian ruins go up the first side canyon to the north of the Camping area. It is a old studied area that was first cataloged in...
Clayton Palmer
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Feb 2, 2009
7:16 am
53861
And isn't that Shiva Temple above?--- In...
Clayton Palmer
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Feb 2, 2009
7:16 am
53862
My guess is that the butte visible just above the two pinchers is the body of the scorpion. John Karpinski...
John Karpinski
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Feb 2, 2009
2:25 pm
53863
Our trip started out with heading out to We Cook Pizza and Pasta for beer and calzones to-go. We drank the beer there and took the calzones. We left for the...
Amy
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Feb 2, 2009
5:59 pm
53864
... Yeaaayyyy!!! Congratulations Amy! I knew you were out there and was hoping to hear a report soon. (I was getting ready to ask.) And I must say, I had a...
Bessie Hyde
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Feb 2, 2009
6:26 pm
53865
Congratulations Amy and Dennis! - You're going to love Elves Chasm!!! Pete Borremans _____ From: Grand_Canyon_Hikers@yahoogroups.com ...
Peter Borremans
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Feb 2, 2009
6:57 pm
53866
Hip Hip Hurray to Amy & Dennis!!! Nice Trip Report ~~~Psycho __________ R.W. Brown, Psy.D., DABPS, DABMC, DABDA Clinical, Forensic & Neuropsychology Services ...
Dr. Brown
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Feb 2, 2009
8:20 pm
53867
... Just got back from Hermit this weekend. Only small patches of ice but a bit muddy in spots....
wcrisp6871
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Feb 2, 2009
10:07 pm
53868
... wrote: AMY, Youre an inspiration,thanks for the report, my wife and i will be at the rim the 7th thru the 9th,coming in from michigan for the sedona ...
dunner62
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Feb 2, 2009
11:25 pm
53869
... Rich--No argument here. I've more typically gone with a low sticky shoe/boot. This year I went with a "normal" boot--Vasque Breeze--and had friction issues...
Ed Hensley
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Feb 3, 2009
3:22 am
53870
Congratulations and well done, Amy !  We're all delighted to hear you're feeling strong enough to do such a demanding hike.  Perfect !   And yes you'll...
Lawrence Antonelli
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Feb 3, 2009
2:01 pm
53871
Congrats, Amy, and a nice trip report. It's wonderful that you are feeling strong to do a hike like RA. I would like to do it myself one day....
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Feb 3, 2009
11:11 pm
53872
Have also seen similar holes in Unkar Group formations, I want to say Dox Sandstone. So, Precambrian. These were a bit bigger diameter if I recall, I would...
chris.forsyth
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Feb 3, 2009
11:53 pm
53873
While we are on the subject of geology, perhaps someone here can answer a question for me... this is too granular to show up on my geo map of the canyon which...
chris.forsyth
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Feb 4, 2009
12:11 am
53874
Glad your trip went well Amy, wow how things change every year. Last March the R.A drainage was completely dry for us until 10 minutes above the Arch itself. ...
Tim
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Feb 4, 2009
12:24 am
53875
Mike, I would ditto Rich's advice on the sizing. Following his suggestion (and after struggling to follow him through Kanab Creek in a useless pair of Solomon...
chris.forsyth
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Feb 4, 2009
12:41 am
53876
Hi Amy. That's a super-excellent summary of your trip. I also agree that the alternate bypass on creek right is safe but not easy or fool- proof -- I think...
Doug Nering
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Feb 4, 2009
3:21 am
53877
I can't say it any better than all the hikers who have already replied to your trip report Amy. First of all, you and Dennis have done something less than 1...
Tracey W
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