Beacon: Tourist Trail / Gate Closure

[JosephH]

The park somehow came into enough cash to do much needed renovations to the tourst trail from the green gate down which has taken a couple of pummelings from large ice-loaded trees coming down on it. They're going to do some repaving, install some drainage lines, and fix railings and rock walls. This work has begun and will run the next three weeks. The trail will be open Fri-Sun during this time but will be closed Mon-Thu.

 

The BRSP takes breaches of the trail closures via swinging the gate very seriously and have now and in the past repeatedly explained that when the gate is closed they don't want anyone on the trail either going up or down. They worry less about us and more about people seeing us and trying to do what we do with bad results (and I've seen even inexperienced climbers totally sketch on it, let alone tourons) - so let's cut them some slack as we have plenty of options for getting down fast. I did the Flying Dutchman rap tonight - always a super fast way down (but don't forget the mid-anchor is around to the left out of sight until you lock around the corner).

[kevbone]

I did the Flying Dutchman rap tonight - always a super fast way down

 

 

No biggy with a 70 meter rope.

[JosephH]

Yeah, with a 70m you can reach the sweet, enticing anchor down and right which you definitely don't want to try to get to with a 60m. With a 60m you really need to use none of the obvious anchors you see while rapping and use the hidden one halfway down and around the corner to the left.

[ivan]

ah, but you can make the tempting anchor w/ a 60 w/ 8 inches to spare!

[JosephH]

Depends on who's 60 you're talking about. Even with body weight stretch none of mine would make it that far back when I was replacing those anchors.

[kevbone]

ah, but you can make the tempting anchor w/ a 60 w/ 8 inches to spare!

 

 

8 inches is about right. Fing scarry.