itsandbits
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Post by itsandbits on Jun 20, 2017 2:11:30 GMT -5
Sorry, I'd have to kill you if I showed more of the area LOL
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wampidytoo
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Post by wampidytoo on Jun 20, 2017 2:29:11 GMT -5
I found myself in that situation once. I lost a few to the underbrush but compared to the energy I saved it was well worth it. It doesn't take much to get most of them rolling. If there is a chance they will go on down the hill so you would have to carry them back up just park your vehicle there to stop them, just make sure your insurance is paid up. Jim
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itsandbits
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Post by itsandbits on Jun 20, 2017 2:46:53 GMT -5
I found myself in that situation once. I lost a few to the underbrush but compared to the energy I saved it was well worth it. It doesn't take much to get most of them rolling. If there is a chance they will go on down the hill so you would have to carry them back up just park your vehicle there to stop them, just make sure your insurance is paid up. Jim You just gave me a thought Jim; a zipline would be the way to go, problem is it's all porcelain type jasper and I want to keep it in as big of piece as possible so I can't toss it off the cliff. Thar's how I ended up tracking it down eventually was all the tiny shards I kept finding
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wampidytoo
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Post by wampidytoo on Jun 20, 2017 7:25:27 GMT -5
Hmmmmmm, hadn't thought of that. Minor problem I have. Gotta be a way though. Maybe something to slow them down close to the bottom of the zip line like dragging on the ground. or a basket that comes in close to the ground, stops then dumps so you can pull it back up, shorten the stop/trip line a couple of feet and send it down again. Buy a plane ticket for me so I can go with you and stop them with my growing stomach. A wagon with no wheels and you for a brake.
Pretty easy for me to sit here in front of the computer and make useless suggestions. hahaha Good luck and please do not roll down the mountain with a full back pack on. Three quarters of each rotation ain't bad but the last quarter probably really sucks. Jim
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itsandbits
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Post by itsandbits on Jun 20, 2017 9:24:07 GMT -5
Pretty easy for me to sit here in front of the computer and make useless suggestions. hahaha Good luck and please do not roll down the mountain with a full back pack on. Three quarters of each rotation ain't bad but the last quarter probably really sucks. Jim[/quote] Yeah, if I rolled down, it wouldn't be pretty, you don't see the first 50ft. drop just below where I'm standing in the vid. The drop angle from there to where it could unload would be about 60-70 degrees and a quarter mile away so I'm hooped there too, I figure I'm just a mule and that's it LOL
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Jun 20, 2017 9:38:02 GMT -5
I tie rope to my Alice pack and ease it down ledges and cliffs going down hill,works pretty slick!!!! Usually 50 to 75 pounds of rock in it,as the challenge... All good so far..
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itsandbits
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Post by itsandbits on Jun 20, 2017 10:54:43 GMT -5
I tie rope to my Alice pack and ease it down ledges and cliffs going down hill,works pretty slick!!!! Usually 50 to 75 pounds of rock in it,as the challenge... All good so far.. I would do that but this area is ancient pyroclastic flow/seabed conglomerate/underwater landslide conglomerate, so there's cemented rocks of all sizes sticking up that would stop anything from sliding although because of the slope, things tumble very well...
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itsandbits
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Post by itsandbits on Jun 20, 2017 16:43:11 GMT -5
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