CLB:
look at some of the past Sipsey Threads to see some of the pictures from the hangs. It is some of the most beautiful wilderness I have been in.
CLB:
look at some of the past Sipsey Threads to see some of the pictures from the hangs. It is some of the most beautiful wilderness I have been in.
Par Si Vis Pace Para Bellum
That is an important log, which requires maintenance!
- MacEntyre
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You really cant find a "bad spot" along the Sipsey
It is an important log! Referring to the log across Bee Branch close to where you and the rest of us camped last Halloween. The log over the very deep Bee Branch, which had been only ankle deep at the previous sunset. Had it not been for that log, I think Thomas would have had to swim. But, just to be clear, I crossed Borden Creek- which seemed at least neck deep the 1st time I hiked beside it the Feb it snowed- without need of a log this 1st of Oct. Just walked across without even getting my feet wet, and that at the Borden/Sipsey junction. That is how dry it is. But we did get a good rain yesterday, and I suspect so did the Sipsey.
The waterfalls must have been mind boggling- and the creeks beyond dangerous, when Lee came through a couple weeks back. Look at this graph of water flow. The little diamonds at the bottom show the 44 year median daily. Which looks like about 9 cu ft. per second. And the max for todays date is 293 from 1979. When tropical storm Lee came through, it went to about - my best effort to read it- 1700 or more. Whew!
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?cb...te_no=02450250
Here is a 4 month(max allowed) chart:
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?cb...te_no=02450250
I agree that you won't find a bad place to hang. Last time I camped on Thompson Creek and Ship Rock. One piece of advice: The trees are old and many are quite large. Make sure your tree hugger straps are plenty long. Sounds like you'll have a great time.
- Nav
I've got to go do some hiking and hangin there...
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