Beacon: Please Respect the Trail Closure...

[JosephH]

Please do not top out with the intention of taking the trail and swinging the gate. The trail is closed for a good reason and climbers swinging the gate will only lead to speculation we are the reason several tourons have done the same. Tourons swinging the gate is very much a potentially deadly game and we climbers shouldn't be in any way associated with one of them dying doing it.

 

The BRSP is dead serious about this closure and any and every climber blowing it off has the potential to trigger a complete closure until the trail is restored. Only top out if you are prepared to take the trail back to do the raps through the 'Land of the Little People' Ledge to Grassy Ledges. From there either do the 'Flying Dutchman' rap or the standard SE Corner raps.

 

With regard to the 'Flying Dutchman' rap - this rap will get you back to the trail in a single rap if you have two 60m's; but they have to be real 60m's (or stop at the first oak tree). If you do it with a single 70m you can go to the rap station visible down and on the right side of the dihedral. DO NOT attempt to go to this rap station on the right with a single 60m - instead, pass the first rap anchor on the left side of the dihedral and then start looking left around the corner for the top anchor for 'Bears in Heat'. You can't see it until you are past the first anchor on the left and actively looking around the corner. It's no problem to get to it, you just need to pass the first anchor you come to on the left and then swing around the corner a bit lower down.

 

Again, everyone's cooperation is requested in this matter - please don't top out with the idea of sneaking down the trail - it is just going to piss folks off and get us prematurely shutdown.

 

 

[kevbone]

DO NOT attempt to go to this rap station on the right with a single 60m

 

I am going to have to agree with JH on this one. Even though you can do the rap with a 60.....it is an exact science. You literally will have about 12 inches of rope in your brake hand as you try desperately to clip your daisy to the anchor…….

[ivan]

DO NOT attempt to go to this rap station on the right with a single 60m

Even though you can do the rap with a 60.....it is an exact science. You literally will have about 12 inches of rope in your brake hand as you try desperately to clip your daisy to the anchor.

and THAT(!) is what makes it exciting

 

that said, i'm gonna use the shorter option from now to keep from pissing meself again

[JosephH]

If you ever felt mildly inclined to tie knots in the end of your rap lines, the single rope raps down 'Flying Dutchman' are as good a place as any to do it. That aside, this has pretty much been the only way I exit Grassy Ledges on a rap anymore. It is also a fabulous line to practice hauling on.

[JosephH]

Darrel, Vivian, and other folks on the BRSP staff busted their asses last week and got the rock cleared, railings restored, and the trail open so we're good to go for this week which looks to be sunny week...

[ivan]

new trail work is nice n' pretty - surprised it didn't get blown out again today - it was howling! aided flying dutchman and am blind now from all the lichen wind-blasted into my poor corneas - took a run up the corner too and it was perhaps the breeziest i've ever felt it going around the corner atop the slab pitch and topping out on the ridge to the trail - shoulda worn my goggles!

[billcoe]

...and brought a rope?