ribuck wrote:2. Never abseil without a rope.
wayno wrote:Do your homework
dont be afraid to cut the trip short
don't be over ambitious
Luc-Porter wrote:1. Everyone makes a pact not to slip off a ledge, ridge, or cliff and tumble, roll or fall 100's of metres into valley below. ( pact to be made at start of trip ) so far, It's worked everytime.
2. If walking with me and I tell you " Nearly there, It's just a little kicker of a hill or It's just over this ridge " I'm not lying, It either seemed shorter in my memory, or the map was wrong.
3. Map was wrong, ( it's not my underestimating distance ) would also like to add, contour lines on a map, especially when off track and in an area I've never been, do not fully detail how thick and nasty the scrub might be, the fact that there is a kilometre of 10M cliffline to skirt around, or is steeper than first thought. Its not my fault.
( mostly, there have been exceptions )
Swearing at me and calling me names is just hurtful. The fact that where we should be and where we are, are not the same thing, does not mean we are lost ( mostly )
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