Hope you have read “Beyond the 100th Meredian”! It’s why I looked this up. Thanks for these views these octogenarians will never get to see in person! 🙏
When we descended, the conditions were really pretty ideal. If the conditions had been icier, it would have been pretty dangerous (whippet strongly recommended).
Yes, I believe we used entirely pre-existing anchors and didn't even have to replace any older webbing. Different areas follow different guidelines, but generally, highly-trafficked canyons will have established anchors either bolted or on suitable natural features (like big trees).
Dude poor starfish at 5:20.. they can only last out of water for 3 to 5 minutes, some even no more than 30 seconds.. If you all wanted to see it or someone really picked it up.. I guess the poor little guy died
Thanks for your comment. I didn't know that, but I'm glad to learn it. I believe we put it back in the water within about 30 seconds, so hopefully that starfish is okay. I'll make sure that next time we keep it under 30 seconds for sure.
Or, you could just leave the SandTrap for the last person to rappel off of, and pull the Trap when everybody is down. (Always several ways to do things. I'm a bit leary of rappelling off a single Pot Shot).
three-person SandTrap - not advisable. Four person minimum, really. Gotta test it good before the last person goes. Even when proficient with the Trap, not advisable.
I know the mosquitoes and weather sucked, but still some beautiful scenery. I know everyone is different, but the music playing in the background was a killer for me. Would have been awesome just to hear nature, or even you guys talking, during the video. But hey, still better than any video I've done, lol.
At first I wondered why the grinding stones were in boxes. Then I realized they were probably a wind break so your flour wouldn't blow away. Good show, excellent work. Love the music and the hats. 😉
If y'all want to launch closer to highway 191 aka highway 6 I can help you. My family has property south of Price River and east of the highway at Woodside . I have a camp trailer there now but I need to move it. Someone broke into it. But if you have your own there should be plenty of parking. Let me know.
Laura, I can see why that looked like that, but no worries. I am also a big fan of biological soil crusts and I would never walk across them so brazenly. That final shot was just a little fly-over effect by holding my selfie stick out to the side as I walked along the established path.
I Googled 'how many calories in a mosquito' and found that there are supposed to be 0.01 calories in each mosquito. I suspect that Alaska mosquitos are large enough to have several times that amount. In a survival situation you could get a few thousand calories per day by eating a few hundred thousand mosquitos. And it most likely would not take long to find that many. In fact...that many would find you!
I covered every inch of both canyons in 1993. There were millions of pot chards, some half pots, corn cobs, arrow and spear points...now I hear everything is gone. To add to insult to the "staz", now their trails, structures, artwork is in books with GPS coordinates. I am glad, feel privileged to have seen and experienced these two canyons when there really was a sense of discovery.
Wow, I can only imagine what that must have been like before being looted by recent hikers. I think it is still amazing and well-worth the trip, but I can appreciate how much cooler it was for you back in '93.
Yes, great question. The original route put up by Jared Campbell finished out Bell's canyon. On his blog he writes, "Some folks have descended other routes such as Jacob’s Ladder or the Draper Ridge. While legitimate (according to me for what that’s worth), I recommend the Bells Canyon route as it adds to the adventure." See his blog post and a list of WURL finishers here: runuphill.wordpress.com/2015/08/23/wasatch-ultimate-ridge-linkup-wurl/
Got dropped off on land approx. a mile above Geodeke lake on 8-17 with Caribou all over as well as a white wolf, next day another 4 miles. Rafted 3 days to the confluence of Arrigetch CK. Humped up 8 miles via the "trial" to the head of the valley where the creek splits in front of Elephants tooth. Nice meadow to camp on a bench up the left side. Too much rain, bugs not bad, a few sunny patches to save the trip. Flew out of Circle Lake on the 31st. Barely made it out that day as the pilot said he almost didn't come due to low ceiling. I hear ya about a sufferfest.
We were there from 03Jul to 12Jul this summer. I sincerely hope your weather is better and that the mosquitoes have died off by the time you get there. Are you planning to do anything specific (climbs, packrafting, loops, etc)?
@@whatsomeguydoes9264 Thanks for the reply. We're planning on going from Aug 26-Sep 7. Getting dropped off at Gaedke Lake and packrafting down the Alatna to Circle Lake for the first half. Then backpacking up into the Arrigetch and setting up basecamp at the head of either Aquarius or Arrigetch Valley. Planned on scrambling around the area such as Ariel, Parabola, and part of the Aquarius Traverse. Any thoughts or tips?
@@type2adventures483 That sounds rad! I think your scrambling options all sound great, plus plenty more feasible options if you need more. I would stash boats at Circle Lake (assuming that's where you'll be picked up) unless you are Roman Dial and can packraft down Arrigetch Creek.
This is me on my other account and it was about 3300 ft of continuous descent, plus a bunch more traversing back to the trailhead but that was frequently interrupted by dirt and was more traverse than descent at times.
I don't know if it's all the snow that ski resorts manufacture throughout the winter, but seeing pics of friends skiing the last weekend at Squaw/Alpine, the amount of remaining snow coverage at around 1/2 the elevation was pretty surprising compared with upper Shasta. Maybe the sun exposure and 24/7 winds really diminsh/thins the snowpack up there?
