HERE HERE i nominate you to push this thru congress...
after all it is a national park!
TimL-
i totally disagree but agree sort of with your statement about wapass being another crag area right off the road..
yes it is a crag area with nice short easy approaches where you can see your car from the summit but, not many "crag" areas have so much loose scary rock and timebomb fixed anchors...
fixed ropes are fukin trash and attract attention by the Government to limit our access to our beloved mts.
why give them another excuse to put a gate up and gaurds with fee stations....
think about it.
just play hot lava and no need to worry about loose scree...
FWIW hot lava = step on solid somewhat in situ rock...ie one that will not move...very possible as BP did it in his flipflops.
sat-
castle rock, swam, drank, hiked...
soaked in the beauty of life.
sun-
hiked, talked, scrambled, climbed nothing, swam, drove home.
gawd i love diving into cool crisp mountain rivers!
the fire was nine miles up the icicle on the southside of the creek approx 6000' elevation. quite a bit of country to reburn first before it reaches castle... unprobable but possible.......
no "other" issues to worry about.
gnibmilc-i have done angel a few times...
the start to damn is somewhat slick, especially in the nice humid weather ltown had this past weekend.
dick hows the weather in europe?